It has been some time since the Green Bay Packers employed one of the best safeties in the NFL. We can quibble about the one Pro Bowl season from Ha Ha Clinton-Dix in 2016 and Adrian Amos’ solid play, but the fact is that not since Nick Collins retired after the 2011 season has the safety position featured a player as consistently excellent and highly-regarded around the NFL as Xavier McKinney is.
Today, as ESPN continues its ranking of the top players at each position in the NFL, we see McKinney near the very top of the safety list, an acknowledgment of his huge contribution to the Packers’ defense last season and the expectation that he continue his elite play.