One top safety is reportedly off the free agent market as the Green Bay Packers and former New York Giants defensive captain Xavier McKinney agreed to terms on a four-year contract, his agent told him. David Mulugheta to ESPN.
McKinney's deal with the Packers will be $68 million over four years.
He replaces several Packers safeties on the market this offseason, including Darnell Savage, who agreed to a three-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars earlier Monday, the start of the NFL's legal tampering period of free agency.
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Xavier McKinney of the New York Giants warms up for the Jaguars game at TIAA Bank Field on October 23, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
McKinney all but confirmed the deal on X, where he posted: “Say cheese!” in reference to the “cheesehead” Packers fans.
The Packers have Jonathan Owens and Rudy Ford, two safeties who played big plays last season, as free agents.
McKinney, a second-round pick of the Giants in 2020, did not receive the franchise tag this offseason, suggesting general manager Joe Schoen was going to let him search for a new home in the NFL.
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This comes after McKinney set a career-high in tackles with 116 combined last season with three interceptions, 11 passes defensed and a forced fumble. He also recovered two fumbles for New York in a lackluster 2023 campaign that followed a playoff berth in 2022.
McKinney missed eight games during that 2022 season after an ATV accident in Cabo during the team's bye week caused a hand injury.
Xavier McKinney set a career-high in tackles with 116 combined last season with three interceptions, 11 passes defensed and a forced fumble. (Courtney Culbreath/Getty Images)
He ended up returning in time to play the Minnesota Vikings in the wild card round, where he made the game-sealing tackle on tight end TJ Hockenson late in the fourth quarter.
McKinney's start with the Giants was not the best, as a foot injury kept him out for most of his rookie season. He but he burst onto the scene in 2021, tallying five interceptions (one for pick-six), 92 tackles and 10 passes defensed.
Now he joins a Packers team that is ready to take advantage of its 2023 season, in which a wild card berth became a big surprise for the Dallas Cowboys on the road in the playoffs. Led by quarterback Jordan Love, the Packers nearly beat the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round.
Xavier McKinney of the New York Giants runs out during introductions against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium on September 26, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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The Packers have a new defensive coordinator this season in Jeff Hafley, who will no doubt enjoy the talent McKinney can offer his secondary.
McKinney was one of two key Giants to leave in free agency, and running back Saquon Barkley agreed to a three-year deal to join the Philadelphia Eagles.
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