Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney endorsed the team's signing of former teammate Isaiah Simmons, who played one season with McKinney in New York and is now re-joining the All-Pro defensive back in Green Bay on a one-year deal in 2025.
Coach Matt LaFleur said McKinney's approval played a part in the Packers signing Simmons after the draft.
“I asked X, and X gave it two thumbs up,” LaFleur said Friday. “That is meaningful, though, when you have a player like X, coming from New York, who was a teammate with him, and you just ask those questions.