If you’re an All-Pro and you’re going to miss any time, do it now. That’s the Green Bay Packers’ preference — and that of all NFL teams — and it exactly describes how they are approaching the preseason for safety Xavier McKinney.

The big free agent signing on defense in 2024, McKinney immediately burst onto the scene with interceptions in each of his first five games in green and gold, setting the table for a no-doubt All-Pro season. He became the Packers’ first first-team All-Pro safety since Darren Sharper in 2000 as he totally revamped the back end of the defense in Jeff Hafley’s first year as coordinator.

So yeah, if he’s dealing with a nagging calf issue, it’s time to shut him down for a couple weeks now so he can be good to go for week one when the results matter. He was not going

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