Just given the nature of playing guard in the NFL, Elgton Jenkins really has no chance of winning Offensive Rookie of the Year. In fact, outside of Wisconsin, I’m not sure that many NFL fans even know who Elgton Jenkins is. But with his play this season, at a minimum, he should be in the…
The Packers offensive line has been up to the task every week. They have been protecting Aaron Rodgers like crazy and opening holes for the running attack. They even replaced left guard Lane Taylor with rookie Elgton Jenkins, and the offensive line hasn’t lost a beat. Jenkins has stepped in and not only held his…
To say the least, the last two seasons for the Green Bay Packers have been quite disappointing. When you have future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers under center, anything less than a playoff berth is a failure. As a result, GM Brian Gutekunst made quite a few changes this offseason, both to the roster…
In the next installment of the position group breakdown, we turn to the offensive line, which looks the same but also looks different going in 2019. Bookends David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga remain as the team’s starting tackles, center Corey Linsley is back to make the interior offensive line solid, and depth options like Justin…
Training camp is nearly two weeks away and it will give us our first indication of what to expect from this year’s team. It will also be our first look at what Green Bay’s rookies look like in pads. Once preseason starts, we may even have better expectations of what to expect when the games…
Wednesday May 29, 2019 the Green Bay Packers opened their second open OTA practice with some important light shed on their Offensive Line, especially rookie 2nd Round pick Elgton Jenkins, Mississippi State. As projected, Jenkins who finished college playing Center, is being trained at Guard. It appears for now the Offensive Line will look like…
Amongst all of the struggles that we saw from this Green Bay Packers offense last season, an underrated aspect was the poor play from the offensive line. On the season, the offensive line unit would give up 53 total sacks, which tied for third most in the NFL and they allowed an average of 3.3…