“I really don’t care. We might have six or seven guys playing in a game consistently.”
Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator and former offensive line coach Adam Stenavich met with the press during training camp for the first time on Wednesday. Obviously, the big question this summer on his side of the ball is who will be the team’s starting five linemen come Week 1.
Leading up to camp, the Packers had described the left tackle position as “an open competition” between the incumbent, Rasheed Walker, and 2024 first-round pick Jordan Morgan. Due to injuries that left guard Aaron Banks and center Elgton Jenkins have dealt with, though, Morgan spent most of the first week of training camp playing the guard spots.
If Walker holds onto the left tackle job, this would mean that only one of Sean Rhyan, Morgan and Jacob Monk would start at right guard. Because Morgan was at left guard recently, subbing in for Banks, Rhyan told the press that he was building confidence that the right guard spot might end up going to him this year.
Here’s what Stenavich had to say about that:
I like what Sean is doing. I’m glad he’s getting some center reps as well, you know to work on that position in case he has to go there at some point this season. But I wouldn’t say any of these guys have anything locked up right now, and I think that’s one thing that is good about where we’re at. The competitiveness is going to bring out the best in everybody every day. I don’t know how it’s going to shake out up front, but I am excited about just the possibilities and the options we have for sure.
When asked about a timeline to name a starting five, Stenavich responded:
The way we’ve been, this thing, again, might go into the season. We’ve rotated guys. We’ve played Sean and Jon Runyan. They split reps. Things like that, where it’s like if we think these guys are good enough to be starters, we just rotate guys. I’m comfortable with that. I really don’t care. We might have six or seven guys playing in a game consistently.
Green Bay has been unique, as teams rarely rotate their offensive linemen on purpose. Clubs don’t move linemen from position to position as frequently as the Packers do, either. This approach has generally worked for the team, though, so who am I to nitpick their process?