Zach Tom<\/a> is one of the league\u2019s best tackles, Elgton Jenkins is a stalwart when healthy, and most of the players are very versatile. <\/p>\nNo specific position felt below average until the group hit a wall this year.<\/p>\n
Green Bay has even continued to make investments in regard to the front five despite their relative success, they just haven\u2019t paid off as planned.<\/p>\n
Last offseason, the Packers signed Aaron Banks to a four-year seventy-seven million dollar contract, and he could barely stay on the field, and when he was healthy, his performance far underplayed his contract.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s two big draft additions, Jordan Morgan and Anthony Belton, have been forced into action with much less preparation than Green Bay had likely hoped for, and the results have been a mixed bag.<\/p>\n
In my opinion, the talent isn\u2019t the issue, it\u2019s the circumstances, but with big decisions coming regarding Rasheed Walker, Aaron Banks, and Elgton Jenkins\u2019 contracts, the room might become very thin very fast.<\/p>\n
Considering the group\u2019s actual marquee problem in 2025, that could be very bad for the Packers.<\/p>\n
Injury Concerns<\/p>\n
The biggest issue with the Packers\u2019 offensive line in 2025 was actually injuries.<\/p>\n
For the past two seasons, Green Bay has had five offensive lineman play at least seventeen games, with the only major change coming via Sean Rhyan taking over at guard.<\/p>\n
This past year, only one lineman played seventeen games, and that was tackle Rasheed Walker, who was arguably the Packers\u2019 worst contributor at the position.<\/p>\n
That loss of continuity created a situation that both the team and offensive line coach Luke Butkus weren\u2019t ready to weather, and Green Bay suffered on the field because of it.<\/p>\n
Youngsters Jordan Morgan and Anthony Belton were forced to consistently rotate between guard and tackle, resulting in an inability to truly get their feet wet at either position, and nearly all of the veterans battled through injury.<\/p>\n
Both Zach Tom and Aaron Banks missed significant time, and Elgton Jenkins\u2019 season ended in week ten with a lower leg fracture.<\/p>\n
Despite the continued investment that I mentioned earlier, Green Bay\u2019s depth was simply not built to withstand this year\u2019s onslaught, and I doubt that there is much that they could have done to prepare for it.<\/p>\n
Regardless, you still have to consider if this group is one that is going to be productive and sustainable in the Packers\u2019 current Super Bowl window.<\/p>\n
With a lot of change on Green Bay\u2019s coaching staff, could a replacement be coming along the line?<\/p>\n
A New Man in Charge?<\/p>\n
Several of the Green Bay Packers\u2019 coaches came under fire following the the team\u2019s late-season collapse, and one of those coaches was the head of the offensive line, Luke Butkus.<\/p>\n
With the weight of how poorly the group performed at some points this past year, it makes sense that many fans are calling for his job, but unlike several of the other coaching positions, I don\u2019t think that a firing is the right choice here.<\/p>\n
Butkus has been the Packers\u2019 offensive line coach since 2022, and in that time he has helped to develop several later-round talents who eventually became starters, Zach Tom and Rasheed Walker.<\/p>\n
The line has been mostly consistent in that time, and although it has its weaknesses, particularly when it comes to run blocking, the Packers don\u2019t have a lot of room to maneuver when it comes to making changes within this position group.<\/p>\n
Green Bay has far bigger needs, especially at corner, and other than a few draft picks, I\u2019d rather see the team invest their limited capital elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Butkus has proven to be steady at the very least, and I think he\u2019ll be able to turn things around next season with many of the same pieces in place.<\/p>\n
In or Out<\/p>\n
Regardless of how the front office views the offensive line\u2019s performance this past year, they\u2019ll be making some tough decisions.<\/p>\n
Elgton Jenkins is a likely cut candidate, and Rasheed Walker is probably going to get big time money elsewhere.<\/p>\n
To see an improvement in 2026, the Packers will need better play from Aaron Banks, as well as big contributions from their younger players, as they won\u2019t have many options at the position in free agency with the money they have available.<\/p>\n
With a trip to the Super Bowl in mind, a return to form will be crucial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the better part of the last few seasons, the Green Bay Packers\u2019 offensive line has been one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[43919,7,41,345,2514,2513,18606,6,1482,428,43921],"class_list":["post-742126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-red-zone-magic-mondays","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-luke-butkus","tag-nfl","tag-offensive-line","tag-packers","tag-shayleigh-leisle"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116045630939858764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}