The Green Bay Packers have high-end talent at safety. It’s hard to find another position on the roster with this much long-term stability. Xavier McKinney is an All-Pro, Evan Williams played at a Pro Bowl level last season, and Javon Bullard was an absolute menace whenever he was near the line of scrimmage.
But what does the depth behind them look like right now?
According to Pro Football Focus’ snap counts, Kitan Oladapo finished fourth among Packers safeties in defensive snaps last season. However, he only played 69 defensive snaps all year, and 66 of them came in Week 18 against the Minnesota Vikings, when Green Bay rested many of its starters. As a rookie in 2024, he logged just 68 defensive snaps.
Meanwhile, McKinney played 1,131 defensive snaps in 2025, Williams logged 979, and Bullard finished with 783. That illustrates how heavily the Packers relied on their starting trio.
Jonathan Baldwin is next on the depth chart, and his NFL experience is just as limited. After signing with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2025, he didn’t make the initial 53-man roster but returned to the practice squad two days later. Green Bay promoted him to the active roster before Week 18. With several starters resting against the Vikings, Baldwin played all 66 of his defensive snaps that season.
Then there’s Mark Perry, who has taken a winding path through the NFL. Since entering the league, he has spent time with the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and Chicago Bears before landing on Green Bay’s practice squad on January 1.
Despite bouncing around the league for two years, Perry is still waiting for his first NFL snap. Like the other backups behind Green Bay’s starting trio, he’s an unproven option, making training camp and preseason crucial opportunities to prove he belongs on the 53-man roster.
Murvin Kenion III is an interesting developmental prospect in Green Bay’s safety room. The undrafted rookie played for four different college programs before finishing his career at Nevada, where he earned All-Mountain West honors after an impressive 2025 season. Cracking the initial 53-man roster will be difficult, but a year on Green Bay’s practice squad would give him valuable time to adjust to the NFL and continue his development.
So, the Packers better hope their top three safeties stay healthy because the depth behind them is largely unproven. Bullard spends most of his time in the slot, and Green Bay can replace him there with another cornerback. Still, losing McKinney or Williams would be a much bigger problem.
McKinney and Williams are Green Bay’s two deep safeties. Bullard has spent most of his time in the slot after showing some coverage limitations as a post safety. Therefore, an injury to either McKinney or Williams would likely force him back into that role.
That would also leave the Packers searching for someone to handle meaningful snaps in the slot, and their current cornerback room looks pretty average. That’s why Green Bay can hardly afford to lose either of its starting safeties this season.
It’s almost funny to look at the contrast in Green Bay’s safety room. Their starters are arguably one of the top-five safety tandems in the NFL, but the depth behind them could be among the league’s weakest and most unproven. It’s a position group with elite talent at the forefront, yet very little proven experience once you get past the starters.
