The Green Bay Packers will have a whole lot of key decisions to make this offseason in order to load up for a potential Super Bowl run next season. The Packers already have a nice chunk of cap space to swing some moves in free agency, but they could open up more money.
One of the ways they can obviously do that is by making roster cuts, and Eric Fischer of Lombardi Ave has identified a surprising player Green Bay could release this offseason: cornerback Keisean Nixon.
A two-time First-Team All-Pro, Nixon is more known for his special teams prowess than his actual defense, but he is coming off of a 2024 campaign in which he registered 88 tackles, three sacks, an interception, three forced fumbles and seven passes defended, so he definitely played a pivotal role in the Packers’ 11-6 season.
Fischer notes that Nixon’s desire to become a full-time starter at cornerback—where he posted a pedestrian 60.7 coverage grade at Pro Football Focus this past year—should serve as the catalyst for Green Bay to part ways with him.
“Nixon is an excellent returner. However, he is on record saying he no longer wants to be a return man and focus on being CB1. That is an excellent goal, but the numbers do not support that,” Fischer wrote.
The Packers would stand to save a rather small sum of $2.4 million if they decide to pull the plug on the 27-year-old, but that’s still more money they would be able to put toward other areas of the roster (such as maybe finding another cornerback, for example).
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