This 2024 offseason, the Green Bay Packers have made both significant and little personnel changes. With the additions of Josh
Jacobs and Xavier McKinney, as well as the quiet re-signings of Keisean Nixon and AJ Dillon, the Green Bay Packers are assembling a
team that will be competitive both now and down the road. Following a turbulent 2023 season that concluded with a thrilling three-
point defeat only moments before the NFC Championship, the Green Bay Packers are attempting to assemble the necessary
components for a Super Bowl victory.
The New York Jets selected 27-year-old cornerback and special team player Corey Ballentine in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
It seems that, after a difficult time early in his career, he may have found a place to call home.
After working his way up from the Green Bay Packers practice squad in 2022, the 5’11, 196-pound cornerback became a vital member
of the special team for the second half of the 2022 campaign. He remained a special team player in 2023 and saw a lot of action at
cornerback when the secondary was injured. Ballentine saw more than 600 snaps between special teams and corners last season.
Corey Ballentine recorded seven pass breakups, one interception, and a 60.1 PFF grade in his 2023 year. Ballentine outperformed star
corner Jaire Alexander with seven breakups, excellent for second place on the squad. Ballentine recorded his first interception in a
blowout against rookie Jarran Hall of the Vikings in week 17.
A few factors can be evaluated with the contract that Ballentine has been handed. Because of his usefulness as a special team member
and his potential as a cornerback, Corey Ballentine was probably attracting notice from other teams. He is valued by the Green Bay
Packers as both a special team member and important depth cornerback. The Packers also firmly think he will make the squad.
Ballentine will count 500 thousand against the cap if he is somehow left off the roster.
The fact that the Green Bay Packers re-signed indicates that they are confident in the personnel choices they made the previous season
and that, with new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley leading the team, they will perform better and win more games.
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