Elgton Jenkins has been the Green Bay Packers’ top offensive lineman since David Bakhtiari was released following the 2023 season, playing in every offensive line position except right guard. Jenkins, who primarily manned the left guard spot last season, will enter 2025 playing center after the Packers signed Aaron Banks to a free agent deal in the offseason. However, Jenkins was reportedly seeking an adjustment to his current four-year, $68 million contract, which he signed late in the 2022 season. According to a story Aug. 2 from Pro Football Rumors, Jenkins is owed $32.8 million in his final two years…
Author: Jake Dowling
Jake Dowling
Jake Dowling is born and raised in Ohio but is a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan. His background has been in sports journalism, where he has worked as a sports editor/reporter for several newspapers in Ohio and Texas, mainly covering high school and collegiate sports as an award-winning journalist. Jake also is an award-winning photographer and enjoys taking action photos of any sport.
After the Green Bay Packers announced Monday the post-June 1 release of cornerback Jaire Alexander, there has been understandable chatter about the state of the Packers’ cornerback room entering the week of mandatory minicamp. Some of that chatter includes intrigue, with receiver Bo Melton, a 2022 seventh-round draft pick, taking snaps at cornerback in practice Tuesday. “We just thought that if there is somebody that can potentially do both, he would be that guy,” said Packers coach Matt LaFleur during his press conference Tuesday. “I think a lot of it is just from his production on (special) teams and just…