
Does Jenkins return? If so, at what position? His play at C was pretty poor even when he was relatively healthy... injuries and age are catching up to him... his contract calls for an $18m base and 24+ cap hit next year, and he would have little reason to allow renegotiation (and even if they did, how far do you want to stretch his contract out for)... I don't see the way forward here that benefits both him and the Packers.
Do they resign Walker? After that performance in the playoff game, how can they? He appears to be a prime candidate for getting a big contract that leaves people going "how did that guy get that contract", and leaves the team in two years looking for a way out of it. I sincerely hope it's not from GB.
Are we assuming Morgan slides over to LT and is just good to go? After his performance this year, how can you assume that? I suppose... he did have a really good preseason (60+ snaps w/o a single pressure) when he was working mostly at LT, before they started moving him around which he clearly demonstrated he couldn't handle or wasn't ready for. So, maybe?
Does Anthony Belton have the RG spot locked down after the way he played the position this year? Actually, I'd say that he certainly earned the right to be considered 'incumbent', and it's probably the safest 'assumption' we've made so far. There were warts and hiccups to be sure, but it seems like when they moved Belton to RG and Rhyan to C is when the OL started playing at least somewhat better (until the playoff game anyway...)
Same with Rhyan at C. He definitely played well enough to see what happens after a whole off-season as the incumbent at C (as opposed to playing nearly every OL position during last year's camp).
Otherwise, who are the up-and-comers who might be ready to be plugged into a starting spot so that you can 'go into the draft with no starting holes' on the OL?
It looks more sketchy to me than that comment would indicate...
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