REPORT: Packers Suddenly Directly Linked To Vikings’ Starter For 2025

Dec 23, 2019; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur reacts during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-Imagn Images

The Green Bay Packers are going into the 2025 off-season thinking about fine tuning their roster rather than rebuilding it.

That is a much better place to be in considering they moved on from Aaron Rodgers just two season ago.

One of those “fine tunings” may come from right across the border.

Packers Suddenly Directly Linked To Vikings’ Starter For 2025 Season (Report)

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur celebrates his team’s win after their game Sunday, December 31, 2023 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Green Bay Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings 33-10. © Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK
According to Justis Mosqueda of SB Nation:

Cornerbacks

  • #26 Asante Samuel Jr. (LAC)
  • #33 Byron Murphy Jr. (MIN)

As we mentioned with Tevin Jenkins earlier, cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. is another player who had a pre-draft visit with the Green Bay Packers in 2021, which generally means the front office has their eye on him. Usually, the Packers try to make a play for these players when they’re available, either as draft picks or free agents.

Samuel started 47 games for the Chargers before dropping out of action in September with stinger issues that cost him the rest of the 2024 season. Samuel also played under Green Bay defensive passing coordinator Derrick Ansley, who was the Chargers’ defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator before joining the Packers.

Byron Murphy Jr., like Samuel, is a former second-round pick who the Packers’ coaching staff has praised before and after Green Bay’s divisional matchups with the Minnesota Vikings.

Dec 29, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. (7) tackles Green Bay Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (13) during the first quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images
This is a look at Murphy’s stats in 2024:

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. (7) intercepts a pass in the end zone intended for Green Bay Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (13) in the fourth quarter during their football game Sunday, September 29, 2024, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. © Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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