Packers Discussion: How would you fix the offensive line?
(Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesUnfortunately, this might end up being a weekly post at this point. Real simple question: How would you fix the Green Bay Packers' offensive line?
Personally, I don't think the team is going to make a coaching change in-season. I also don't really think that a short-term free agent addition fixes what is going to be a long-term issue for the Packers. The way I see it, the only way out is through.
According to Over the Cap, the Packers are effectively $11 million over the cap in 2027, despite only having 44 players under contract. Because of how young the Zach Bako-Bewele contract is and the fact that Aaron Banks' contract is how the team borrowed cap space for this year, even if the team moves on from those two players next off-season - it will likely come from post-June 1st designated releases, meaning that they'll see little cap relief from those moves until after the draft.
In short, the long-term timeline of the club was leveraged for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, which haven't exactly gone great - if you haven't noticed. There isn't going to be a ton of money to go around for outside additions, even in 2027.
On top of that, two offensive linemen that fans wanted to run out of town after performing poorly last season, left tackle Rasheed Walker and center Elgton Jenkins, are both playing better for new teams in 2026. That's only going to add fuel to the fire that this is a coaching problem on the offensive line, not necessarily a talent problem. The volume of mental mistakes on the line (really, the team in general; just go look at the Packers' penalty numbers overall) compounds that.
Ultimately, Green Bay needs these young offensive linemen to perform, because help isn't going to come until after they pull the plug and decide to pay down their cap debt - which will take at least one season but could take multiple, depending on how long and hard they decide to push during this window."
I believe what we're going to see for the remainder of the season is the team trying to make it work with what they have internally, because it's the only thing that matters long term. If the coaching staff can't produce improvements, expect some heads to roll after the season. It's going to be easier to sell a new coach can come in and fix this line" than we can add a brand new offensive line" in the context of the team's cap and draft pick situation. Hopefully, we can keep our quarterback healthy until then.
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Update: Alright, I watched the offensive film (ask me about defense tomorrow; I'm clocking out).
Assorted thoughts:
On the 4th and 1 at the goal line Rhyan blows a block and the DT doesn't even think about playing the run, goes straight to Jordan. If DL aren't thinking run in short yardage at the goal line, you're fucked beyond belief. Get Monk off the field and run gap so you can do anything https://t.co/p3QUVC1xMvpic.twitter.com/SU7lPIXbwX
- Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) September 25, 2026
- Atlanta didn't even respect our run game in short-yardage goal-line looks. They can't live off screens and short passing being their run game" if they want to do anything in the red area.
That and because they can kind of get knockback right now (look at the Belton/Redman downblock combo to the Mike, Burton/Morgan fitting on pulls well) https://t.co/wpYzvOoR0mpic.twitter.com/XTmefftJeN
- Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) September 25, 2026
- Anthony Belton is still a people mover (see clip above), but he can't hang in pass protection at tackle when he's going against wider edges who build up steam before the point of contact. He's a guard playing tackle. The coaching staff needs to fix this.
- What does that mean at right tackle? No idea. Play Travis Glover and/or John Williams next game and see if you have an answer there. If not, the team should honestly make a move for the sake of ensuring that Jordan Love doesn't have a season-ending injury that could impact 2027, too. He's taking far too many hits right now.
- Jager Burton played poorly, but he doesn't look physically overmatched like Jacob Monk. Monk is a backup center playing starting guard. This cannot continue. I don't care how nice of a guy he is in the locker room.
No one blocks the nose tackle. No one blocks the Mike. They miss the stunt play-side despite four hands getting on it. No one knows what the hell they're supposed to be doing https://t.co/dH5q2ZEyjMpic.twitter.com/UVGtMFVKPy
- Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) September 25, 2026
- The offensive line looks really poorly coached. Tons of confusion up front. It gets worse when the team is trying to run zone runs, because there are a lot more rules and a lot less just knock the guy off the ball."
- When the team is doing gap runs (like that Belton clip two links above), things are much better. They probably need to scrap their training camp plan of being a zone/bootleg team. They're simply not good enough at coaching the rules. They can't ever completely abandon the run game like they did last night.
TL;DR: Morgan-Banks-Rhyan-Belton-Glover/Williams left to right until both Glover and Williams have failed. If they both fail, find a right tackle before the trade deadline. If I were Gute, I might cut Monk just so they can't use him at guard again. Donovan Jennings hasn't been much better, either. Get into gap scheme runs because this is what this offensive line can do, even if the coaching staff wanted to run zone. They aren't good enough at coaching zone runs for it to work.
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