Packers have clear replacement plan in place after 2nd-round draft pick
Green Bay obviously wanted some improvement.
Packers have clear replacement plan in place after 2nd-round draft pick originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Green Bay Packers entered the 2025 season with what looked to be a very weak cornerback depth chart.
That played itself out during the campaign, and they set out to improve this offseason. First, they dove into the free agent pool to sign Benjamin St-Juste. Then, they drafted Brandon Cisse out of South Carolina in the second round of the 2026 NFL Draft -- and that was the Packers' first pick they made in the proceedings, so clearly it was a priority.
A big part of the plan, writes ESPN's Ben Solak , is to find a way to have Carrington Valentine on the field less. "The Packers are notoriously patient with rookies, and Cisse is far from a finished product. South Carolina rotated its corners, and Cisse often didn't play full games, even in his final season," Solak wrote in a new article on Wednesday.
"But the most favored outcome in the Packers' cornerbacks room is certainly Cisse winning the job over Valentine, who surrendered a passer rating of 126. 1 when targeted last season. Only five outside cornerbacks were worse.