Tinkering With the Packers Offensive Line for No Reason

Tinkering With the Packers Offensive Line for No Reason | by Stoney Keeley

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If you’re new here, hi! I’m Stoney. I write about the Tennessee Titans and the NFL Draft for Stacking The Inbox. I don’t write about the Green Bay Packers at all, but I’m having trouble finding purpose in life since the draft is over with. I’ve found myself just clicking around the internet looking at projected depth charts and figuring out where my draft crushes are. I did a two-hour film review on Georgia State left tackle Travis Glover back in the spring. Yeah, to say he was one of my draft crushes would’ve been an understatement. I wanted my Titans to snag him, but alas, here we are in June, and the mammoth human being is a Packer.

This exercise of poking around NFL depth charts and landing on the Packers for a minute got me thinkin’ about how much I love the way they’ve done things in recent seasons. It’s like every year, they’ve identified a different need and just completely loaded up on it. Wide receiver? How about the young corps of Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, and the underrated Bo Melton? Sheesh – Senior Bowl much, Green Bay? Tight end? Let’s snag Luke Musgrave and Tucker Kraft! Safety? How about Javon Bullard, Evan Williams, and Kitan Oladapo in the same class (Williams and Oladapo were also draft crushes on my annual ‘Hidden Gems’ list)?!?! You catch my drift! For everyone talking about how the 49ers have the organization to be modeled after, I like the way the Packers are cooking…especially if they hit on some of these other position groups like they did with wide receiver.

They did it with the offensive line this year too, drafting Jordan Morgan in the first round, Glover, and Jacob Monk. I was a fan of all three relative to their draft position. Morgan raises an interesting question – he has the range to get out on the edge and play tackle, though his arm length was called into question heavily throughout the draft process. My partner in crime at Stacking The Inbox, Zach Lyons, raised an interesting point about Morgan and the general offensive tackle discourse that has me thinking. Eventually, as some of these outlier types like Rashawn Slater continue to succeed in the NFL, more teams are going to start taking more chances on tackles with arm length below the usual accepted threshold. Many have cast Morgan off as a guard, but I think he’s good enough to play tackle. At the very least, he deserves a chance.

What really surprises me is that the Packers are not only working him around between tackle and guard. They’re also reportedly working him around left and right. It seems like the idea with Morgan is for him to simply find his home along the offensive line. I’m circling that right guard spot. Sean Rhyan is penciled in right now, but he couldn’t beat out Jon Runyan, who the Packers were eager to ship off this offseason, on a consistent basis last season. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the plan for Morgan would be to play right guard this season and eventually slide over to left guard once Elgton Jenkins rides off for greener pastures.

Who does have the desired length to play tackle? Well, that gets us back to my guy Glover. This might qualify as a “wild” take, and any Packers fans reading this will probably fill the comments section with notes about what a fucking loon I am. Nonetheless, I’m a believer in Glover’s ability. His size, his footwork, and his mean streak make him a bonus in the run game. He has the length that Morgan may not and he’s good enough to surprise Packers fans and steal a spot. Sure, he could probably kick inside to guard all the same, but he’s a natural tackle. Rasheed Walker has some promise. I’m not debating that, and I’m not trying to knock the guy either. But, I simply like Glover better.

Monk had some quality reps at guard during his time with the Duke Blue Devils, but he trained as a center at the Scouting Combine and every practice rep I’ve seen on Twitter is him snapping the ball. I like the guy – he played with good hands, good pop, some drive, and plenty of athleticism. Zach Tom is Zach Tom. If he can get healthy, he’ll continue to be one of the more underrated offensive linemen in the league. So, if I’m reading the tea leaves here…what I’m saying is that I won’t be surprised to see a Glover-Jenkins-Monk-Morgan-Tom offensive line take the field at some point for the Packers this season. Y’all will have to let me know because I probably won’t be watching the Packers THAT closely. Just saying.

You add all of these pieces up, and the Packers suddenly have a lot of good young offensive linemen that they can sort the best positions out for over the course of the next several seasons. This team is on a hot streak in the draft, and the results have been directly visible on the field. I won’t be surprised if this team is not only in the hunt in 2024, but for years to come because of how effective they’ve been in retooling that roster.

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

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