The Green Bay Packers have added some key pieces to their team this off-season. The Packers signed 26-year-old Josh Jacobs and 24-year-old Xavier McKinney. Those signings made the Packers younger and either more talented or just as talented at two key positions.
There have been multiple names thrown out for who could be paired with Safety Xavier McKinney in the Packers’ secondary. However, one name may as well look elsewhere.
The Green Bay Packers Likely Just Crossed One Player Off Their List To Add This Season
According to Freddie Boston of FanSided:
Much like Kamren Kinchens after his NFL Combine performance, we can likely remove Nubin from the Packers’ draft board.
There is a correlation between Packers draft picks and Relative Athletic Score. Under Gutekunst, Jayden Reed is the Packers’ only selection in the opening two rounds without an “elite” RAS. His 6.74 still qualified for a “good” score.
Nubin falls well below that. After his Pro Day testing, he received a score of just 2.73 out of 10 at free safety and 3.36 at strong safety.
That almost guarantees the Packers won’t use one of their premium picks on the Minnesota safety. Green Bay typically uses its early selections on prospects with “elite” RAS scores (8.0 and above). Nubin’s RAS isn’t even close to a “good” score (5.0 and above).
The Packers Have Live And Died By The RAS When It Comes To The NFL Draft
Kent Lee Platte created the Relative Athletic Score (RAS) to compare players based on their athletic testing scores from the Combine or Pro Days.
Who is the better overall athlete if two receivers are different heights and weights, but one runs a faster 40-yard dash time, while the other performs better in vertical jumps and 3-cone drills?
This is where RAS comes in. RAS converts all height, weight, and athletic testing measurements into a digestible and comparable figure that falls somewhere on the 0 to 10 scale.
Rashan Gary and Christian Watson are perfect examples of athletes who had an extremely high RAS.
Under GM Brian Gutekunst, the Packers have tended to select draft prospects with elite RAS scores in the first round.
Gutekunst has made 61 draft picks since 2018, 54 of which registered on the RAS scale. In those 54 picks, 40 had a RAS of at least 8.0, with 25 scoring above 9.0.
There have been just 10 Gutekunst selections under 7.0, and only two of them were top 100 picks – Amari Rodgers and Jayden Reed. Eight more were chosen on Day 3 on the NFL Draft.
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