The Vikings and Packers each have two picks

Purchased via: Four-year, $67 million contract.

If you know a free agency skeptic — someone who believes the only way to build a true winner is to skillfully recruit and develop players over time — point them in the direction of the Packers. Once notoriously allergic to spending on the open market, they pounced with gusto this year, acquiring a top player on offense (Josh Jacobs) and defense (McKinney). I guess sometimes it's team building Is just as easy as paying the right price for a ball hawking dynamo. The Packers haven't finished higher than eighth in takeaways in Matt LaFleur's last five seasons, but through five weeks of this year they lead the NFL with 14 picks, driven largely by McKinney's league-leading five picks (plus one fumbles). Recreation). To make a strong first impression, there's nothing better than becoming the first player in the Super Bowl era to record at least one interception in each of his first five games with a new team.

Watching McKinney soak up everything that comes his way, be it a bad pass or a contested catch, it's easy to understand why coordinator Jeff Hafley has such strong feelings for him. According to Next Gen Stats, McKinney has been targeted seven times and has allowed just one reception, for a passer rating of 0.0 and an above-expected completion percentage of -42.4. With the lead he has built, McKinney has a chance to be the first Packers player to lead the NFL in picks since Charles Woodson (who did it twice, in 2009 and 2011) – a classic home run signing, his success with the franchise, by the way, could serve as another data point in our imaginary debate about the merits of free agency.