Everyone seemed to think the Giants were going to Franchise Tag S McKinney, but then they suddenly decided against it for some strange reason, which I can only assume they'll regret.
I'm assuming it had to do with Franchise Tagging RB Saquon Barkley and how that did not end well for them.
Gute has started a trend, of talking to the media a bit around the time of scouting combine, and makes a bold statement that the media eats up.
When I go to evaluate his statement, I usually end up saying BS to it... as it goes the opposite of what he's been doing.
But he's kept to his word almost every time going forward, even if that wasn't true in the past. Such as wanting to get more involved in power gap running, despite having a zone run scheme. Or wanting to get more involved in developing QBs, in which they have brought in more QB coaches and more QB prospects.
The reason it's relevant to this thread, is that Gute said he wanted the nickel and two Safety positions to all be interchangeable with each other.
While I'm not sure Nixon can play S or if McKinney can play nickel, clearly Bullard and Williams can and have played both deep Safety roles and slot CB roles and done it well.
I just wish the Packers were better at selecting linemen .. but the Packers have hired former OL coach James Campen to help scout and I'm hoping that helps the OL selections and scouting.