Xavier McKinney Will Be A PLAYMAKER For The Green Bay Packers | Film Room

The Green Bay Packers signed former Giants safety Xavier McKinney once the tampering period began. The Packers are getting a tremendous playmaker and a versatile talent for the defense.
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[@cauyharesnape828]

McKinney must be a film junkie. He seems to know where the ball is going before anyone else. He is either in the film room for every second he is outside of practice, or he was born with some supernatural instincts

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Maybe a little bit of both!

[@daviddorger6916]

Last time we had a true playmaker there was Nick Collins and before that, Leroy Butler......... No im not even bringing up Sharper. Lol

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Yeah Collins and Butler were special, hopefully McKinney follows in their footsteps.

[@jjamesjames2907]

Sharper 😂😂😂 he was good though 😂😂

[@BAF-ch4ts]

May I add Woodson as a playmaker too?

[@daviddorger6916]

@@BAF-ch4ts He was THE playmaker of playmakers. I was specifically talking about safeties.

[@BAF-ch4ts]

@@daviddorger6916 Who was the safety from Ohio state who had some fanfare but unfortunately had to retire due to a neck injury.

[@andyadams7806]

Very very happy gb got him!!!

[@andyadams7806]

Gotta build the trenches, secondary, LB core, and Rb imo through the draft… really love sweat as a MONSTER in the middle that will COMMAND double teams every play and free up the LB’s to shoot through gaps and make plays!!!

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Same!

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

@@andyadams7806 Yeah the trenches and LB will likely need a heavy focus. Definitely want to find CB2 and RB2 as well. I know many are hopeful for Sweat, but realistically, I'm hoping they land one of Murphy, Newton, Jenkins, Orhorhoro, or Carter.

[@mitchstaff8281]

It's a good thing you brought up the tackling thing. The object of the game is to get the guy down not light them up. How many times have you seen a guy go for the big shot and whiff or even worse hurt a teammate who's also going for the tackle.

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

100%, finding reliable tacklers who can consistently get the job done is great!

[@aaiirssjoy]

You can see he understands angles and timing on top of the ability to get out of his transition. The pass break up looked impressive. That’s a part of what separates him from last years group of safeties, he can judge space between him and the ball well even in longer distances. Felt like Savage could only do so in short distance situations. With Wyatt out there in passing downs, we will get a lot more finishes on plays and turnovers. Just need a solid diagnosing LB next to Quay so we don’t have huge vacuums of space that make for unnecessarily large distances of space to cover for McKinney.

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Yeah you can tell McKinney has a feel for space working backward and away from the LOS and Savage had better feel working top-down where he could have eyes on where he was headed. Definitely a big difference, agreed. Yeah finding the right LB will be key.

[@nicholasbaughman7642]

This vid deserves more views. Keep grinding!

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@omergaudetjrpackers4life]

Can't wait to see a guy can tackle in open space! Savage sure couldn't that's for damn sure. I sure hope his presence helps Jaire regain his probowl form of his first 3 seasons. He hasn't earned that big fat paycheck as NFL's top paid CB the past 2 seasons for certain. The tape is prenominal! I can't wait to see this revamped secondary especially after the draft. Go Pack Go!

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Absolutely, secondary is going to be uber-talented and have a great mentality.

[@omergaudetjrpackers4life]

@@JakeSchyvinckNFL I fully expecting a shutdown CB high in the draft. Gute's taken a CB in each of the past 7 seasons but only Jaire panned out as a star. That and a right guard would be nice early on.

[@josephjaramillo9231]

Thanks for the vid

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Thanks for watching!

[@Playsinvain]

Awareness is 80 % of the position

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

No doubt! Great processing helps enormously. Also handy to have that range and ability to maintain top speed on a path adjustment as well.

[@raybrean9889]

This team is shaping up to be a very good football team and they’re so young. Exciting stuff and still have the 2024 NFL draft to go. They need to get a stud linebacker early in the draft, fill out the OLine, add depth to the DLine, and maybe even get a 3 day steal at cornerback. If they hit on some of those guys in the draft they will be scary good. We have the smartest people right now running this organization. We are going to be scary good watch out NFL Packers are coming next year. Go Pack Go 💚💚💛💛

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

If Gutey 3-peats with this draft class, look. out.

[@lebumcames3615]

I was doubting gute for a while, but im so glad he didnt overpay for Chase Claypool, or even Tee Higgins Hes shown he's a good, if not elite GM by rebuilding our entire WR core in 1 draft, and the rest of the team over the last 2-3 drafts. Maybe he was right not giving in to Aarons every demand, I mean even if he did get higgins, I've seen rodgers choke too many times in the playoffs to believe he wouldn't do it again. (Most of which came from him refusing to throw over the middle of the field/look off "his guys" and just throw it to the open receiver) yes he had bad defenses behind him, but he also put up some absolute stinkers, especially vs SF and TB

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

I think it was fair to doubt Gute up until 2022. Obviously the Jordan Love question had to be answered, but the drafts were a struggle, and the all-in FA approach couldn't get them over the hump. But, he masterfully moved on from Rodgers/Adams to get GB back into a contending window quickly.

[@lebumcames3615]

@@JakeSchyvinckNFL Yea you're right, it wasn't only fair, it was probably correct to judge him then lol. I myself thought he was a bad GM who was wasting Aaron's career... Until I saw how much more he was able to do without Rodgers questioning his every move publicly, and forcing him to sign his washed buddies (Cobb had like 30 yards total for the jets last year, Lazard got benched while being paid over 10 mil per season, Hackett having a job, etc) just glad we moved on, and that our future looks bright.

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

@@lebumcames3615 Yeah it's impressive, he caps his current run with a strong draft and whew we are cooking

[@badazztj]

His ball skills remind me of Charles Woodson. Not saying he is because Charles had better hips so he could play any position at a pro bowl level but the ball skills alone is amazing!

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

I get what you're saying! I see him on a very similar path to Justin Simmons.

[@jerrelllee336]

JAKE WE DID IT 😂

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

HECK YEAH! Safety play on the upswing in titletown!!

[@RahnOzzy]

Nice seeing him run down Tyreek Hill but not truly surprised... McKinney had leg cramps when he ran his 40 and couldn't perform any more drills after🤯🤯🤯

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Safety is so weird at the combine, just feels like it will be forever a position to ignore straight-line 40s and look at GPS data, especially because they often don't run in a straight line and adjust path at top speed all the time. Much more important. Saw it with McKinney, Hamilton, now Kinchens did it at the combine.

[@RahnOzzy]

@@JakeSchyvinckNFL ditto..!

[@neenarman]

great video! can u do a film room on kool aid , i think a trio of jaire kool aid and X would be the best secondary in the league

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

Thanks! I really wish I could do one on McKinstry, but I gotta be careful about the Big Ten/SEC with film rooms. SEC doesn't like when it's used for content. I'm working on starting a Patreon where I could put those film rooms.

[@brianmaafi]

If Kam Kinchens can't play free than McKinney definitely can't either 😂😉

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

If both end up in Green Bay we're in real trouble! 🤣🤣

[@bubbaone1575]

Please do a segment on the playmakers at every position in the draft including OL. As a Packer fan feel free to skip QB.

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

I can do Packers positional previews/fits for positions for sure! Planning on getting to a lot of prospect reports/film rooms over the next few weeks here.

[@bubbaone1575]

@JakeSchyvinckNFL Thanks Jake! I'm from the camp players win games, playmakers win championships. IIRC, Ron Wolf said when deciding between 2 players, take the playmaker!

[@JakeSchyvinckNFL]

@@bubbaone1575 Finding difference-makers is everything, no doubt!