Mighty Green Bay Packers 2024 OLine

@Ghost of Lambeau posted:

But I also think GB wants to max out their versatility.  I look at all the player OL movement in OTAs as getting players a look at different positions to see who might play where.  It is seeing them play up close and in a pro context as opposed to college.  The coaches will look at the film after minicamp and make some decisions - I suspect.

In one of the articles, Stenovich says: you want to introduce all of these different positions in OTAs so that by the time you get to TC, they've seen it before. Its not new. The Packers like versatile players and they have a process to teach them in deliberate steps

In TC they work on multiple positions so their coaches have film + teaching points - as you noted. And once again, the players will have seen it before.
By the time the season starts, the Packers have a full dossier of film and coaching points on all of them, and that gives them max flexibility to get through a season

Ex: "This guy does this really well, but he struggles with that"

So if this guy has to come into a game or switch positions, they know which type of plays he will excel at vs no adjustments at all. ( we do what we do)

One more note: On Sunday - you can dress 48 IF  you have 8 active OL. Otherwise, you only get 47 dudes on game day. The NFL did this to help keep the starting OL safe ( FG / Punt units) while giving back-ups a chance to play real NFL snaps and develop into starters.

"Let's say the Packers were planning on having Zach Tom and Rasheed Wallace as the starting OTs."

As Rasheed Wallace would say,  Ball don't lie.    Tauscher said yesterday the Pack should stop trying Morgan at G and leave him at tackle.

We tried to sign a UFL guard but he went with the Patriots

https://www.acmepackingcompany...e-signing-2024-visit

From ESPN: 

25. Green Bay Packers -- Jordan Morgan, T, Arizona

How he has fared so far: Morgan hasn't hidden his desire to play left tackle. But at this point, the Packers haven't settled on a spot for him. This offseason, he took turns at every spot on the offensive line except center. The Packers prefer to cross-train all their offensive linemen. "We've done that with most of our players, and once we get closer to settling in on who those five guys will be, I think you'll see him at that position more and more often," Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. -- Rob Demovsky

I think Rasheed is the starting LT against the Eagles in Week 1.

What's also interesting is that if Morgan has made it known that he wants to be the LT yet he's had to play all along the line, how open is he to learning new things? Most guys say they'll play wherever the coaches put them as long as they see the field. If Rasheed fends Morgan off as the season starts and goes on, Morgan may have to understand that if he wants to play, he needs to learn more than just LT.

@Fandame posted:

What's also interesting is that if Morgan has made it known that he wants to be the LT yet he's had to play all along the line, how open is he to learning new things?

This is the time of year to learn new things and most of the pupils are swimming face-first in front of the firehose. MLF commented on how they were going to keep pushing Morgan on the mental side and that he's a willing pupil.
The Packers want versatile OL, this is all part of that process for the players and the OL coaches.

Film playing 4 spots = coaching points at 4 spots, including footwork, hands, assignments. Then these guys can head off for the summer with lots of individual shit to work on.

@Satori posted:

Let's say for example that the Packers were as down on Josh Myers as the expert fans are. They are picking at 25 and sitting right there is Graham Barton, the top OC in the draft. The Packers took a pass. They also took a pass on JPJ in round 2

Let's say the Packers are as down on Sean Rhyan as the expert fans are. They are picking at 25 and the highly rated Graham Barton is available. The Packers took a pass. They took a pass on other guards in the 3rd, 4th, 5th

I don't necessarily disagree, but there are a couple of things we should also keep in mind:

1. Positional Value - If Barton is seen as an interior player with limited tackle upside, that hurts his perceived value.

2. Barton apparently also has a degenerative condition in his knee. He'll likely be fine for a while, but that knee likely turns to pudding before he has one of those long NFL lineman careers.

Here's an interesting update from Ourlads, they're one of the better sites out there when it comes to being current on depth charts. Below is a recent change for the Packers OL on their end  - and I think you can make a compelling argument that this would be the best 5 for GB.
You can make other arguments too

At back up OT, I think I'd lean Jones/Tenuta over Dillard/Jones but I understand wanting NFL experience at that spot.

https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/archive/285/GB

@Satori posted:

Here's an interesting update from Ourlads, they're one of the better sites out there when it comes to being current on depth charts. Below is a recent change for the Packers OL on their end  - and I think you can make a compelling argument that this would be the best 5 for GB.
You can make other arguments too

At back up OT, I think I'd lean Jones/Tenuta over Dillard/Jones but I understand wanting NFL experience at that spot.

https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/archive/285/GB

Have the Packers even worked out Josh Myers at OG? I had not heard that, but it doesn't mean they haven't...