Yosh Nijman

@Chongo posted:

Yosh may be our RT of the future...kid has balled out after being thrown into the furnace.

He's a RFA after the season.   Not sure we can afford to pay him what he deserves.   

He was undrafted so we can't do the original round tender so that means we would have to do a 2nd round tender.   That means offer him a 1 year deal for 3.5 million.   If someone is super high on him they would have to give us a 2nd round pick to sign him to a better deal than that.   

Keep in mind that we still need to extend Jenkins.   Patrick is also a UFA.   

We will have a ton of coin tied up on Bahk and Jenkins.   Meyers, Runyon and Newman will all be on affordable rookie deals.   So there is some money there for a RT, but not a ton.

Billy Turner only counts $5M toward the cap if you cut him post June 1st...Yosh is 4 years younger and hasn't had any significant injuries.

Just like cutting King and using the money to keep Rasul

Packers LT Yosh Nijman has the fourth-best pass-blocking grade among all NFL offensive tackles at @PFF through two weeks. Has the 18th best grade overall among tackles. Impressive start.

— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) September 20, 2022

I'm a bit of a skeptic regarding PFF grades, but he's held up pretty well at LT.

Last year, it seemed like he was getting a lot of help from Lewis. This year he is often doing it on his own. But it’s only two games. I am not sure how good he will be in the future with teams scouting him. But right now he looks better than average.

@michiganjoe posted:

Packers LT Yosh Nijman has the fourth-best pass-blocking grade among all NFL offensive tackles at @PFF through two weeks. Has the 18th best grade overall among tackles. Impressive start.

— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) September 20, 2022

I'm a bit of a skeptic regarding PFF grades, but he's held up pretty well at LT.

He's had some questionable moments this season, especially game one...he's better than most backup LT for sure, but he's not been as good as he needs to be.

Asked if he could play right tackle, #Packers OL coach Luke Butkus said Yosh Nijman "has all the ability in the world." He said it was unfortunate that Nijman didn't get a chance to practice at right tackle because Bakhtiari was out the entire training camp.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) September 28, 2022

That means he won't be playing RT any time soon...

Well, he shouldn't until Bakh plays a full game at LT. But in the meantime he could start practicing there if there is a plan for this move.

If the coaches believe he's one of the five best they need to figure out how to get him on the field.

When asked if Yosh Nijman has to play RT to get the best 5 on the field, Matt LaFleur says, "Potentially," and adds it is "definitely" something they've talked about.

Suggests they will try to rep it in practice.

— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) October 3, 2022

IMHO, Yosh has earned his playing time.
I think he's better at LT than RT, but if he is willing to have a go at it, he deserves the opportunity.

FWIW, it looked like Daktari struggled a bit later in the game, and I wondered if conditioning was a factor. That may preclude a move to RT if they still need to rotate Nijman for a few series.

Jones and Yosh should be practicing exclusively at RT and best man gets the job 2 weeks from now. 

It's time to let Jenkins go home. 

70 snaps for the Big Giraffe this week. It is time.

Bahk, Jenkins, Meyers, Runyan, Nijman.

If making the O-line change, I think that happens before the Jets game.  Too much change already this week with a game in London.  

@Packy posted:

If making the O-line change, I think that happens before the Jets game.  Too much change already this week with a game in London.  

And Bahk needs at least 2 full games to make sure the knee is sound and no game after-effects.  

Good point. Two full games an no setbacks sounds good to me.

@PA green & gold posted:

And Bahk needs at least 2 full games to make sure the knee is sound and no game after-effects.  

He played 70/73 vs NEP, so if he comes out of the London game fine he should be considered all the way Bahk.

Russ Balls is really good at cap gymnastics

3... 2... 1....  sign Bane!

Suspect he'd likely had been dealt if the LT situation was a bit more stable.

@H5 posted:

3... 2... 1....  sign Bane!

???

Matt LaFleur says starting left tackle "is going to be up for discussion this week" between Rasheed Walker and Yosh Nijman. Sounds like Nijman has a real shot to start on the blindside this week.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) October 30, 2023

An option that should have been considered much earlier.

When Yosh came into the game last week, it was easy to see how the line solidified. Not that it cured all of their ills, but it wasn't the Keystone Cops every snap.

It was just as easy to see how this is/was another coaching blunder, something that seems to be a common theme of the Packers staff.

Now move Jenkins to C, and give Rhyan a shot at LG.