Packers 2018 Defensive Backs - Boom or Bust

Let the experiment continue!  Having watched the Packers the past fews years after the Super Bowl season, our coverage in the secondary has been........... a word..........to describe it.............
NOT VERY GOOD!  WHY?  - Pass Rush - Linebackers that cannot cover - back defensive back play?  Probably all of the above!

Why?  Cover corners?  Players that can take any wide receiver one on one, without help!  Safeties that will deliver the BIG hit!  Any good teams, with a great wide receiver, goes off!  Julio Jones, the Atlanta Falcons.  Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers.  Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals.

What do we have on the 90 man roster in 2018?

Safety (6)
Ha Ha Clinton-Dixx - Year 5 - 6'1" - 208 lbs - Alabama
Josh Jones - Year 2 - 6'2" - 220 lbs - NC State
Marwin Evans - Year 3 - 5'11" - 211 lbs - Utah St
Kentrell Brice - Year 3 - 5'11" - 200 lbs - Louisiana Tech
Jermaine Whitehead - Year 2 - 5'11" - 195 lbs - Auburn
Raven Greene - Rookie - 5'11" - 197 lbs - James Madison

Cornerback (11)
Tramon Williams - Year 12 - 5'11" - 195 lbs - Louisiana Tech
Devon House - Year 8 - 6'0" - 195 lbs - New Mexico St
Quinten Rollins - Year 4 - 5'11" - 195 lbs - Miami (Ohio)
Demetri Goodson -Year 4 - 5'11" - 197 lbs - Baylor
Josh Hawkins - Year 3 - 5'10" - 189 lbs - East Carolina
Lanzy Pipkins - Year 2 - 6'0" - 196 lbs - Oklahoma St
Kevin King - Year 2 - 6'3" - 200 lbs - Washington
Herb Waters - Year 2 - 6'0" - 188 lbs - Miami, FL
Donatello Brown - Year 2 - 6'0" - 190 lbs - Valdosta St
Josh Jackson - Rookie - 6'0" - 196 lbs - Iowa
Jaire Alexander - Rookie - 5'10" - 196 lbs - Louisville

First, is there a player here that is one of the top players at his position?  I would say No.  I thought Ha Ha Clinton-Dixx was getting close, but watching him quit at the end of the last year, he is not in my book!  He has shown signs, he has shown leadership, and now with Morgan Burnett gone he MUST show leadership.  Let's give Ha Ha the benefit of the doubt, he will be better!

Staying with safety, Josh Jones needs to step up big time!  As we said Morgan Burnett is gone, the veteran who lead by example.  At 6'2" & 220 lbs, with speed, Jones should be the man.  Last year, he disappeared at times and was beat some times.  Will will blame Dom Capers on that one!  So, Josh Jones is still a mystery!

Kentrell Brice with all the injuries got time & had flashes.  As injury prone as the Packers have been, he needs to be ready to go!  He may be the first man up!  Jermaine Whitehead & Marwin Evans also played some minutes last year.  They will battle with Brice for the back up roll.

Rookie Raven Greene, from James Madison will be the new man on the block!  He will have an opportunity since the other backups were not difference makers!

Cornerback has been our disaster area the past few years!  Injuries, poor draft picks, and poor play have made the pass defense VERY difficult to watch on Sundays, or any day!  Again, NO PASS RUSH helps!!!!  So, what do we have in these 11 players????

Experience - Tramon Williams & Devon House both left the Packers are are now back!  What is left in the tank???  Year 12 & 8, gives us 20 years of experience, we need at least one to have a good season!

Draft choices this year and last year - we have from 2017 - Kevin King, and 2018 - Jaire Alexander & Josh Jackson. We need one to be a future all-pro!  WE ARE DUE!!!!!  Our draft selections, when it comes to corner has be shaky!  Although, we gave up Micah Hyde & Casey Hayward, and they have made the all-pro team - opps!  So, let say Kevin King steps up?  At 6'3" that would help cover the BIG receivers that seem to tear us up!!!  We hope all three are good ones!

In the wings, we have plenty!!!  And, many have received playing time the past few years!  Rollins, Goodson, Hawkins, Pipkins, Waters & Brown have played a lot of football.  So, could we get at least 2 very good back-ups from this group?  Pipkins has gotten good reviews!  Waters was a converted corner.  Time will tell!!!

So, 17 players.  Do we have 4-5 players????  WE NEED 4-5 players!!!!!!!!!

And, don't forget the pass rush!!!!!  THAT HELPS!!!!!