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Packers Draft Report Card: Grade for Second-Round Pick Brandon Cisse
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Packers Draft Report Card: Grade for Second-Round Pick Brandon Cisse

Green Bay Packers On SI·Bill Huber·about 1 month ago
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GREEN BAY – A couple weeks after the season went up in flames in the playoffs, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said he didn’t see the need to make “wholesale changes” at cornerback. Yeah, about that … In free agency, Gutekunst dumped Nate Hobbs and signed Benjamin St-Juste. On Friday night, the Packers used their first pick of the 2026 NFL Draft on South Carolina cornerback Brandon Cisse. Wholesale or not, that’s a lot of change. Change for the better, obviously. All of a sudden, Green Bay’s cornerback room is a lot more compelling with St-Juste and Cisse poised to battle Nixon and Valentine for starting jobs. Gutekunst was surprised Cisse was still available with the 52nd overall selection. “He’s one of the few guys that can play off-man, that can play press,” Gutekunst explained. “His suddenness through transition is something that stood out to us. He’s very young. We think his best football is ahead of him.…

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