Draft Room: Gannon Scheme Fit Deep Dive — Corners and Nose Tackles for Green Bay
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The Packers' defensive rebuild under Jonathan Gannon starts with getting the right types of players — not just the best available names. In this deep-dive episode, Ryan breaks down Green Bay's most pressing defensive draft needs and why scheme fit changes everything about how you evaluate this class.
- Corner is the #1 need — and it's not just a talent problem. Ryan explains why Gannon's cover-four pattern-match scheme demands big, physical, long-armed boundary corners who can win on an island — and why the current roster, headlined by Keyshawn Nixon, is almost a schematic mismatch from top to bottom. Prospects Tacario Davis (Washington) and Dalen Everett (Georgia) get detailed breakdowns with RAS scores, arm length, athleticism profiles, and scheme fit analysis.
- Nose tackle is a bigger priority than you think — Ryan makes the case that Gannon's interior expectations go well beyond "find a big body." Ball recognition, gap discipline, and pocket collapse ability narrow the viable options fast — and most of the good ones will be gone by pick 52. Caden McDonald and Bryson Eason are spotlighted as prospects worth tracking.
- Edge is on the horizon — with Lukas Van Ness and Baron Sorrell holding down the fort while Parsons recovers, Ryan teases a full edge rusher breakdown coming next episode.
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