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After many years of trying to shore up the cornerback position Blake Martinez Jersey , Green Bay can pour premium draft capital into other defensive positions in 2019."When the Green Bay Packers left the 2018 NFL Draft with Jaire Alexander and Josh Jackson as their top two selections, it was an all-too-common attempt from the team to find reliable starting cornerbacks. But, unless proven wrong by the conclusion of next season, that gamble looks to have been a good one.Although Jackson experienced plenty of ups and downs in his first season, Alexander quickly became the defense’s top cover man and showed the potential to become a long-term star. The combined efforts of that duo, in addition to undrafted addition Tony Brown, provide enough promise for the position that a true cornerback should not be a priority with either of the Packers’ first round picks at the end of the month.For many of the final Dom Capers years, the Packers prioritized a cornerback unit via the draft that was often visibly dissected on the field and never quite the same in Sam Shields’ absence. Green Bay ranked 31st in the league in passing yards allowed per game in 2016 (269.0) and 23rd in 2017 (237.0). Influenced by these statistics, the Packers have invested in at least one cornerback in the top two rounds of three of the past four years. In addition to last year’s haul, the Packers added Kevin King in 2017 and Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins in 2015 to alleviate the porous nature of the secondary. Despite King’s injury history of the past two seasons, the Packers still see him as a long-term piece to add into the mix of Alexander, Jackson, Brown Womens Mason Crosby Jersey , and veteran Tramon Williams. That rotation, along with the departed Bashaud Breeland, helped improve the Green Bay pass defense to 12th in 2018 (235.0). Even in the midst of the Packers striking out with Randall and Rollins, Green Bay is positioned much better for the future at cornerback now than it was five years ago.The bolstered depth at corner does not mean that secondary help is unnecessary, however. Green Bay still is in need of pairing incoming safety Adrian Amos with a ball-hawking center fielder who can improve the Packers’ total of seven interceptions a season ago. A player in the mold of a Nasir Adderley or Chauncey Gardner-Johnson might be a great fit with one of the Packers’ first-day selections, while potentially offering slot corner value in some packages. While Green Bay’s corners have been inconsistent over the past several years, they often have been left on islands due to late-arriving safeties. Without a second player downfield to help break up the long pass, Green Bay’s corners have not only been placed at a disadvantage in defending the ball, they have also been unable to take risks. Increased support for the corners with a free safety addition might help an instinctive young player like Alexander create more turnovers.A more steady crew of corners also provides ammunition to acquire further pass rush help. While the Packers’ struggles in the secondary were perhaps more noticeable, Green Bay’s issues up front gradually became more of a concern until reaching a breaking point in 2018. As the Packers continued to draft cover men, they neglected edge rushers, selecting the position just once (Kyler Fackrell) in the top three rounds since 2014. Despite adding two high-priced free agents this offseason, the Packers can actually assist their secondary further by increasing the number of quality sack artists available throughout the game.Green Bay is in the unfamiliar position of not having to seek cornerback help out of desperation this draft season. This time around Justin McCray Jersey White , they can further support that unit by drafting the influential positions around it. GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers‘ head-coaching vacancy should be appealing for one big reason.He plays quarterback and signed a four-year, $134 million contract extension this year.Two-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, though, will not be involved in the process of selecting Mike McCarthy’s successor, but is free to provide input, team president Mark Murphy said on Monday.And that seems fine with Rodgers, who said he was focused on the Packers’ final four games under interim coach Joe Philbin.“I think there’s an interest in who the next guy will be, but (Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst) and I have always had good lines of communication, their offices, like they say, are always open,” Rodgers said. “I’m not needing to be involved in that process.”Murphy said Rodgers was also not part of the decision to fire McCarthy following the stunning 20-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday that dropped Green Bay to 4-7-1. Chances of making the playoffs are slim.It appeared that most players had already left Lambeau Field by that point Marwin Evans Jersey , with many Packers saying they had learned of the firing on social media or through text messages.“Found out probably the same way you did at the same time you did,” receiver Davante Adams said on Monday. “I was definitely surprised. But, it’s a business and business is business, and that’s what it is.”Rodgers was already home to celebrate his 35th birthday when he found out.“I’m sure I found out the same way that most of you found out,” Rodgers said, “and was just as shocked as many of you were.”He planned to reach out to McCarthy later Monday.“I think him and I, like any relationship, we have our amazing times, we have our times where we butt heads,” Rodgers said. “But the basis, like I said, was built on mutual respect and communication. …We spent time together and growing our friendship and we accomplished a lot together.”From Adams to Rodgers, nearly every player in the locker room spoke highly of McCarthy Nick Perry Jersey White , who overall had a successful tenure of 12-plus seasons highlighted by a Super Bowl win in the 2010 season. The 55-year-old McCarthy led the Packers to nine playoff appearances and four trips to the NFC title game overall.But offensive struggles this year followed a 2017 season in which Rodgers broke his right collarbone and the team missed the postseason. In 2016, the Packers started 4-6 before winning eight straight to get to the conference championship game.Murphy said it was time to make a change after the embarrassing loss to Arizona.“I don’t want to get into the details, but he was very professional,” Murphy said when asked how McCarthy reacted to his dismissal. “He’s a first-class person … and made a comment that, ‘It’s the coaching profession. I know what I got into when I became a coach.'”Gutekunst will be heavily involved, along with a committee, in hiring the next coach, though the decision will belong to Murphy, the highest-ranking executive in the NFL’s only publicly owned franchise. He adjusted the Packers’ organizational structure in January, when Gutekunst was promoted to replace Ted Thompson as GM, to have McCarthy report directly to the team president.“The structure, again, you’re focused on the structure Mason Crosby Jersey White ,” Murphy said in response to one of several questions about how the Packers’ organizational flow chart could be perceived by potential coaching candidates. “The most important thing is the people and the relationships.“Brian and I have a great relationship,” Murphy said. “I think we’ll be in good shape, and I’m confident we’ll be able to hire an excellent coach.”Murphy has more football experience than the average team president, having played safety under Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs for the Washington Redskins. Also a lawyer, Murphy had extensive experience in sports administration before becoming Packers president/CEO in 2007. He was athletic director at Northwestern, where he hired coach Pat Fitzgerald, before coming to Green Bay.Murphy also views Philbin as a candidate. He would like to evaluate the veteran assistant and former Dolphins head coach over the next four weeks.Off the field, the move to dismiss McCarthy gave the Packers an early start on the coaching search. Murphy and Gutekunst offered few specifics when asked what they were looking for in the next coach, other than that would the team would wait until after the season to make a hire.“I think this decision was about changing our course more than anything,” Gutekunst said. “We just felt like it was a time to change the course.”