The Green Bay Packers are going into the 2025 off-season thinking about fine tuning their roster rather than rebuilding it. That is a much better place to be in considering they moved on from Aaron Rodgers just two season ago.
One of those “fine tunings” may come from right across the border.
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Cornerbacks
- #26 Asante Samuel Jr. (LAC)
- #33 Byron Murphy Jr. (MIN)
As we mentioned with Tevin Jenkins earlier, cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. is another player who had a pre-draft visit with the Green Bay Packers in 2021, which generally means the front office has their eye on him. Usually, the Packers try to make a play for these players when they’re available, either as draft picks or free agents.
Samuel started 47 games for the Chargers before dropping out of action in September with stinger issues that cost him the rest of the 2024 season. Samuel also played under Green Bay defensive passing coordinator Derrick Ansley, who was the Chargers’ defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator before joining the Packers.
Byron Murphy Jr., like Samuel, is a former second-round pick who the Packers’ coaching staff has praised before and after Green Bay’s divisional matchups with the Minnesota Vikings.
Murphy is finishing out a two-year, $17.5 million deal with the Vikings after spending his rookie contract with the Arizona Cardinals. After posting six interceptions in 2024, Murphy was named to his first Pro Bowl this year. Despite playing six seasons in the NFL, Murphy is still only 26 years old.
This is a look at Murphy’s stats in 2024:
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Int | Yds | IntTD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | FRTD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty | |
| 2025-01-13 | MIN | @ | LAR | L 9-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025-01-05 | MIN | @ | DET | L 9-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-29 | MIN | GNB | W 27-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-22 | MIN | @ | SEA | W 27-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-16 | MIN | CHI | W 30-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-08 | MIN | ATL | W 42-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-01 | MIN | ARI | W 23-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-11-24 | MIN | @ | CHI | W 30-27 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-17 | MIN | @ | TEN | W 23-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-10 | MIN | @ | JAX | W 12-7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-03 | MIN | IND | W 21-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-24 | MIN | @ | LAR | L 20-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-20 | MIN | DET | L 29-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-06 | MIN | NYJ | W 23-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-29 | MIN | @ | GNB | W 31-29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-22 | MIN | HOU | W 34-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-15 | MIN | SFO | W 23-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-08 | MIN | @ | NYG | W 28-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
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