The Green Bay Packers have done an outstanding job of building their roster.
They might be the youngest Super Bowl-contending team in the league right now, and they have the foundation to stay competitive for years to come.
However, their offensive line is a bit of a concern, given that they have several impending free agents and second-year pro Jordan Morgan hasn’t been very good so far.
With that in mind, Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report believes they will go after an offensive lineman in the next edition of the NFL Draft.
In his latest column, he linked the Packers to Miami’s Francis Mauigoa, Georgia Tech’s Keylan Rutledge, and Oregon’s Emmanuel Pregnon:
“While guard isn’t listed as a top-three need for the Packers, it’s a close fourth and might end up cracking the list above by season’s end. Sean Rhyan has been having a tough year and is a restricted free agent in the offseason. Also, the early returns on free-agent signing Aaron Banks are low. So, Brian Gutekunst should look into some interior offensive line options. Rutledge and Pregnon are two of the best true guards on B/R’s big board right now to be quality third- or fourth-round options for the Packers. But Gutekunst has a history of drafting college tackles and moving them inside, as Rhyan and Jordan Morgan are good examples,” Ballentine wrote.
All things considered, this makes perfect sense.
The Packers have one of the most dynamic and dominant running backs in the game in Josh Jacobs, and as such, they need to put him in a position to succeed by finding him running lanes.
As for the passing game, they will keep Christian Watson there for a little longer, and fellow WR Romeo Doubs is also making a strong case to get a contract extension as well.
Even if that’s not the case, they should still fare quite fine with rookie Matthew Golden and TE Tucker Kraft, so they must make sure that Jordan Love stays out of harm’s way and also has enough time and room to operate.
The Packers are pretty stacked, but even the best teams can be better, and championship teams are built in the trenches.
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