After Pro Bowl season, Packers CB Keisean Nixon is fighting for starting job
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Key Points:
- Keisean Nixon, a former Pro Bowl return specialist and cornerback, is competing for a starting spot with the Green Bay Packers in his eighth NFL season.
- Nixon emphasizes focusing on his own performance rather than the competition, highlighting his consistent high-level play since joining the team as an undrafted player in 2019.
- Packers coach Matt LaFleur stresses the importance of assignment discipline, ball competition, and tackling ability in the cornerback competition.
- The Packers’ unofficial preseason depth chart lists Nixon as the starting cornerback, with Benjamin St-Juste as his primary backup.
- Nixon is in the final year of a three-year, $18 million contract, while St-Juste recently signed a two-year, $9.8 million deal with the team.
