The Green Bay Packers are going into their regular season finale against the Chicago Bears looking to fine tune a few things before their playoff berth. Chicago is just looking to get done with the season with as little injuries as possible.
That being said, Xavier McKinney got some pretty big news from the NFL today.
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According to our very own Glenn Kaplan:
On Thursday morning, it was announced that McKinney was named as one of the starting safeties for the NFC in the upcoming Pro Bowl. He will be the starting free safety for the NFC and the starting strong safety in the NFC will be Budda Baker of the Arizona Cardinals. Brian Branch of the Detroit Lions is the other strong safety for the NFC.
McKinney this season with the Green Bay Packers has recorded 84 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, seven interceptions, and 10 pass deflections. Xavier McKinney recorded most of his interceptions at the beginning of the season. With the pace he was on earlier this season, there was a chance that McKinney would have 10 interceptions this season.
It would have been a travesty had McKinney not been named as a starting safety to the Pro Bowl in the NFC with the kind of season he had with them. He is one of the most important defensive players on this football team.
Here is a look at McKinney’s stats this season:
| 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 | |
| 2024-12-29 | GNB | @ | MIN | L 25-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-23 | GNB | NOR | W 34-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-12-15 | GNB | @ | SEA | W 30-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-12-05 | GNB | @ | DET | L 31-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-28 | GNB | MIA | W 30-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-11-24 | GNB | SFO | W 38-10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-11-17 | GNB | @ | CHI | W 20-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-03 | GNB | DET | L 14-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-27 | GNB | @ | JAX | W 30-27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-20 | GNB | HOU | W 24-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2024-10-13 | GNB | ARI | W 34-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-10-06 | GNB | @ | LAR | W 24-19 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-29 | GNB | MIN | L 29-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-22 | GNB | @ | TEN | W 30-14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-15 | GNB | IND | W 16-10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024-09-06 | GNB | @ | PHI | L 29-34 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Of course, many fans took to social media when the news was announced:
So much talent on our team! You gotta love it. #GoPackGo
— 👇🏻Big Bad Trav, the D.A.D.👇🏻 (@TooElitePodcast) January 2, 2025
Pretty good free agent signings.
— Liberty Bell 🦇🔊 (@libertybell007) January 2, 2025
Mckinney clears that bum Joseph 😂😂
— Thetubbs99 🧀 Y- (11-5) (@thetubbs1999) January 2, 2025
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