Packers Star’s Position Change Tabbed a ‘Bust’ Amid Offensive Struggles

Back in Week 3, after the Packers‘ disastrous loss on the road to the Browns, two-time Pro Bowl lineman Elgton Jenkins was pretty brutal in his self-assessment. The offensive line was beat up, generally speaking, with injuries to Aaron Banks and Zach Tom, and certainly, there is no shame in being  outdone by a defensive front as stout as that of Cleveland.

But Jenkins had rated a season-low Pro Football Focus grade of 33.6 that week, and said of his performance, “I feel like I’m playing like (expletive), honestly. I can play way better.”

In the month-and-a-half that has followed, it’s debatable whether Jenkins has, actually, played all that much better. Jenkins has been with the Packers since 2019–he was a second-round pick that year–and has gradually moved inside, from tackle to guard and now, to center in 2025, for the first time in his career.

And around the team, there is a bubbling sense that maybe moving him to the middle of the line–a move done to facilitate the signing of Banks–was a mistake.

Packers Made the Switch on Elgton Jenkins This Offseason

In fact, veteran Packers writer Pete Dougherty of PackersNews.com called the move something more than a mistake by the team. He called the Jenkins-at-center venture a “bust,” and wondered if Jenkins was not right to be lukewarm on making the move.

Wrote Dougherty: “I thought Jenkins would be really good. He’d played there his last two seasons in college, and whenever the Packers played him there because of injuries he looked promising.  But he has been an average center.”

Elgton Jenkins a ‘Bust’ at Center

Jenkins, according to PFF, has not been great at center, logging a grade of 62.1, which is 21st out of 35 at the position. And there could be an adjustment period for a guy still getting accustomed to making the calls at the line.

Packers Run Game Struggling

“It’s definitely frustrating but, at the end of the day, I can only control what I can control and I can only bring what I do,” Jacobs said . “I can only trust the guys that they’re going to do what they’re supposed to do. Eventually things are going to hit. We still feel it. We be close on a lot of things. It might be one mental error here or one mental error there or whatever. We just need to be locked in and be focused on what we need to do.”

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