2017 NFL Mock Draft: Reese’s Senior Bowl Week Impact
CB. Clemson. Cordrea Tankersley. 29. player. 49. The Green Bay Packers will be contenders for the NFC title just because they have QB Aaron Rodgers. He seemed to will his team into the playoffs after a bad start to the season in 2016. But not even he can overcome how bad his defense is all the way through the playoffs. <p>The Packers’ CBs got cooked left and right this season so they have to do something about that. Cordrea Tankersley of Clemson is a big, athletic, bump-and-run CB just like the Packers like them. The 6’1″, 200 pounder has excellent length and he uses it at the line of scrimmage.</p><div class=
Tankersley also moves well enough for his size to stick with his man in coverage. He’s actually graded No. 1 at 89.5 among the draft prospects at his position by Pro Football Focus. He is a potential shutdown CB that would come in and upgrade the Packers at the position immediately.
I don’t think Julius Peppers will be back next year but the team better find a way to keep Nick Perry. He and a healthy Clay Matthews could bring that heat off the edges to opposing QBs. Between them and Tankersley’s arrival, the Packers would have the defense to get to a Super Bowl.
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Cordrea Tankersley
CB, Clemson
The Green Bay Packers will be contenders for the NFC title just because they have QB Aaron Rodgers. He seemed to will his team into the playoffs after a bad start to the season in 2016. But not even he can overcome how bad his defense is all the way through the playoffs.
The Packers’ CBs got cooked left and right this season so they have to do something about that. Cordrea Tankersley of Clemson is a big, athletic, bump-and-run CB just like the Packers like them. The 6’1″, 200 pounder has excellent length and he uses it at the line of scrimmage.
Tankersley also moves well enough for his size to stick with his man in coverage. He’s actually graded No. 1 at 89.5 among the draft prospects at his position by Pro Football Focus. He is a potential shutdown CB that would come in and upgrade the Packers at the position immediately.
I don’t think Julius Peppers will be back next year but the team better find a way to keep Nick Perry. He and a healthy Clay Matthews could bring that heat off the edges to opposing QBs. Between them and Tankersley’s arrival, the Packers would have the defense to get to a Super Bowl.