Let Me Tell You Something: The Corner Draft That Could Finally Unlock Gannon's Defense in Green Bay
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Pack Nation, let me tell you somethin' — Jonathan Gannon just rolled into Green Bay with his full Arizona pattern-match press-bail playbook, and the Packers' corner room needs a complete rebuild to match it. In this two-part masterclass, we walk the entire draft board together and break down exactly which college corners have the length, eyes, physicality, and downhill tackling Gannon demands… and which ones are the wrong tool for the job. From the critical pick at 52 all the way down to the final dart throws at 255, this is your complete blueprint for how Green Bay can finally draft corners that actually fit the scheme instead of hoping the wrong bodies magically work.
Key Discussion Points
- Pick 52 Breakdown: Why D'Angelo Ponds might not be the scheme fit despite his twitch and ball skills, the massive intel advantage on Treydan Stukes, and why trading back for Keionte Scott could be the smartest move to add extra picks while landing a perfect length-and-tackle prospect
- Round 3 Cluster (84): Davison Igbinosun, Malik Muhammad, and Devin Moore — the physical, long-armed options that flash exactly what Gannon wants
- Value in Round 4 and Beyond: Georgia's Daylen Everette, Texas A&M's Will Lee III, the ice-fishing "keeper" mentality, plus late steals like Ephesians Prysock's insane length and Alabama's Domani Jackson
- The Big Picture: Why the Packers must come out of this draft with at least two true Gannon-scheme corners to build depth and competition — or risk another mismatched secondary
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| 0:00.0 | Let me tell you something, Pac Nation, I got something new for you today, something we are going to |
| 0:15.8 | bring back every draft cycle, every free agency window, every time this show has to pick between a whole |
| 0:23.2 | herd of players and figure out which ones actually fit what the packers need. |
| 0:28.3 | I call it Sal's Prime Cuts because a butcher does not sell the whole cow, Pack Nation. |
| 0:35.2 | A butcher looks at the animal, he picks out the ribby, |
| 0:38.4 | the tenderloid, the sirloid, the pieces that actually feed the family. Everything else, |
| 0:44.7 | grind it up the sausage, throw it in the case, move on. That is what we are doing today with the |
| 0:51.3 | corner class. I am not reading you the whole board. I am not wasting your |
| 0:56.0 | drive time with 30 guys you are never going to think about again. I am giving you my guys |
| 1:01.8 | to five corners I want and pack a green for Jonathan Gannon's defense. Prime cuts. Let us go. |
| 1:14.6 | But first, quick reminder what we are cutting for. |
| 1:21.5 | Gannon's scheme wants lent, pressability, bail technique, and physicality in the run game. You do not need a corner who can run with every burner in the league. You need a corner who can press, reroute, |
| 1:30.0 | and tackle, zone eyes, pattern match brain, downhill violence. Write that down, Pact Nation. |
| 1:37.8 | That is the recipe. You hearing me? First cut, the ribeye, Keante Scott out of Miami. Consensus board has him at 66. Our pick is |
| 1:49.8 | 52. If Goudiccoons is smart, and most days, I believe he is, most days. We trade back 10 or 12 |
| 1:58.3 | spots and grab Scott with an extra fourth rounder in our pocket. |
| 2:03.0 | 5'11, explosive short area quickness, elite blitz production in college, hits like a linebacker |
| 2:11.8 | pack nation, like a linebacker. And here is why Scott is the guy for Gannon. Gannon loves his nickel package, |
| 2:21.6 | loves it, plays it more than most coordinators in the league. And in that nickel, he wants a hybrid |
| 2:28.6 | weapon, a kid who can cover the slot, blitz off the edge, fill the alley against a run. That is Scott. |
| 2:36.8 | That is literally his profile on a scouting report. The only knock is size for true outside work, |
| 2:44.8 | but we are not drafting him for outside. We are drafting him to be the guy in the slot |
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