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his game after Bears standout Eddie Jackson. With his speed https://www.thepackersfanshop.com/hats , versatility and playmaking, he might just be right." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesAcme Packing Company homepageHorizontal - WhiteAcme Packing Companya Green Bay Packers communityFollow Acme Packing Company online:Follow Acme Packing Company on TwitterFollow Acme Packing Company on FacebookFollow Acme Packing Company on InstagramLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchAcme Packing Company main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsPackersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTThe perfect complement to new Green Bay Packers safety Adrian Amos would have speed, playmaking, and coverage ability, including some slot work. Eddie Jackson ticked all those boxes in Chicago, allowing Amos to play steady, assignment football while Jackson created splash plays. On day one of the 2019 NFL Draft, Green Bay traded up from the 30th pick to number 21, nabbing a guy who has a chance to check all of those same boxes. Maryland safety Darnell Savage lives up to his name, a heat-seeking missile who flies around with bad intentions despite a lean 5-foot-11, 198-pound frame. But his reckless abandon creates plays around him. Put him in the slot, deep, in the box, in zone coverage, or in man — Savage can play anywhere with 4.36 speed and swagger to spare. He may not have the deep-middle instincts of Jackson, but Mike Pettine likely won’t ask him to play single-high safety on a regular basis given his propensity to go big nickel. Amos, on the field with Savage and Josh Jones, gives Green Bay two über athletes and a Steady Eddie in Amos.From a fit standpoint, there wasn’t a safety in this draft with more appeal for the Packers coming into the draft. Clearly Green Bay Packers Hoodie , Brian Gutekunst and his staff agreed, giving up their pair of fourth-round picks to move up for Savage. More than that, Pettine’s defense has no intuitive long-term starter next to Amos, with repeated insistence from the team that Tramon Williams would preferably be a corner for the team. Safety was perhaps the only position the Packers could foreseeably start a rookie barring injury. In terms of impact, that means Savage could come in and play 60, 70, 80% of snaps or more if he can pick up the defense quickly. It’s hard to imagine another player at any position coming in and immediately giving them that. Such immediate impact may have lead to the decision to take Savage over some highly rated offensive linemen like Jawaan Taylor, Dalton Risner, and Andre Dillard. One explanation would be the Packers view Billy Turner, who was ostensibly overpaid as a right guard, as the heir apparent to Bryan Bulaga at right tackle. As a result, Gutekunst and Co. wouldn’t see the value of taking a future right guard in the first round. If that was the calculation, there’s an easy road to making the case a safety they love would be the most impactful player on the board. Savage must have been S1 on the Packers’ board and viewed as clearly better than other options like Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, Juan Thornhill, Nasir Adderley, and others. Could they have waited to take Savage until 30 and not given up the picks? Perhaps, but just a few selections later, the Raiders tabbed Johnathan Abram. If Savage had been there could he have been the pick? It’s possible, and the value Green Bay got in the trade up Dexter Williams Jersey , via whatever trade value chart one wants to use, favors the Packers. Gutekunst moved up to get his guy with solid value. That guy happens to be the perfect fit for one of Gutekunst’s other guys, a free agent priority and a steadying force in the secondary. Savage can play out of control at times. He’ll gamble in zone coverage in particular. But when a team has a player as consistently assignment-sound as Amos, that’s a risk worth taking for the splash plays. Rashan Gary’s selection left plenty of Packers fans scratching their heads. There should be no questions about how Darnell Savage fits into this defense, particularly next to Amos. This defense is faster, more athletic, more relentless, and a little bit scarier than it was yesterday. Will it be better? It’s April, so we’ll see, but Savage possesses the skillset to slot in next to Amos and shine. It’s not fair to put the kind of All-Pro expectations of Eddie Jackson on Savage yet, but the shades are there, the traits hinting at how this pairing could work. If nothing else, Amos should feel right at home next to a speedy playmaker who plays the game with attitude. Smash and Savage are coming to an NFC North receiver group near you. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Green Bay had the ball in field goal range, on the cusp of breaking a fourth-quarter tie, when Patriots lineman Lawrence Guy knocked the ball out of Aaron Jones‘ grasp .Instead of taking their first lead of the game, the Packers watched the Patriots march to back-to-back scores and put away a 31-17 victory on Sunday night.“It was obviously a big play in the game,” Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said. “That was a turning point.”One week after fumbling away a late chance to defeat the then-unbeaten Los Angeles Rams, the Packers blew another fourth-quarter opportunity against the defending AFC champions http://www.thepackersfanshop.com/Jace-Sternberger-Jersey , and Tom Brady — with some passing help from receiver Julian Edelman — led the Patriots to their sixth straight win.“Jonesy’s had a really nice year for us, so that one play obviously doesn’t lose the game,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. “But it’s plays like that — by all of us, myself included — that have just hindered us from finishing games out.”In just the second matchup ever between Brady, a three-time NFL MVP, and Rodgers, who has won the award twice, Green Bay (3-4-1) played the Patriots even for 45 minutes before Jones’ fumble stalled their best chance to take the lead.“It’s happening in the worst times,” said Rodgers, who completed 24 of 43 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns. “When we have to play our best in those crunch times, we haven’t been playing our best.”Brady completed four passes in a row before tossing it back to Edelman, who threw across the field to James White. The Patriots running back scampered for most of the 37 yards to the 2; he ran it in from the 1 for his second score of the game.The Packers failed to get a first down, then Brady hit Josh Gordon inside the 40; he shook off cornerback Tramon Williams before dashing into the end zone.Last week, the Rams kicked a field goal to take a 29-27 lead with 2:05 to play. But Packers kickoff returner Ty Montgomery brought the ball out of the end zone and fumbled, costing Rodgers a chance for a game-winning drive.Against New England, the Packers also settled for a field goal in the first quarter after a delay of game penalty at the 9.“We’re hurting ourselves with negative yardage plays and missed throws and turnovers at the wrong time,” Rodgers said.