The safety position is without question one of the biggest needs that the Green Bay Packers have to address this offseason. However, in terms of high-end talent, this is a thin position group compared to others like edge rusher, tight end, and cornerback, not to mention that, as a whole, very few from the safety position stood out at the NFL Combine.
During Brian Gutekunst’s tenure as GM, there has been a strong connection between his draft picks and how they score on Kent Lee Plattee’s Relative Athletic Score scale that ranges from 0-10. For more on the inner workings of RAS, click here, but in short, 30 of Gutey’s 42 RAS-eligible draft picks have scored 8.0 or higher, with 18 of those 30 in the nine-plus range. On the flip side, only eight have scored below 7.0.
