It's painful every time Myers comes up, because I was Humphrey's biggest pre-draft cheerleader, but I also agree that Myers might improve and be a decent player.

MIGHT.

I still tend to think Tom should be moved to center and Myers to guard; I think both would be better there.
However, that requires that other players be adequate/good as the starting and backup tackles. I'd like to keep the Bakhtiari/Nijman pair at LOT and maybe have a Rhyan/Walker/Jones/Tenuta/Draft pick pair at ROT.

Myers over Humphrey. Ugh, don’t remind us! Another example of Gute’s “I’m the smartest guy in the room” arrogance. Don’t do the expected thing, show your true genius by going with a surprise pick. Show everyone what an out-of-the-box thinker you are. All the GMs will be in awe of your draft acumen. Just like they were of Ted when he passed on TJ Watt to get Kevin King and Vince Biegel. He certainly showed those bozos who the genius was that time!

I too knew Humphrey was the better Center.
But the OSU connection; was Gute's No Brainer.
If they move Myers, he is a bust.
It's just that simple. Don't move him.
Unless it's off the team.
We need a center that uses his head.
Hopefully the light goes on.

What is even more painful - is to read the article writen in black letters on dark green back. That is idiotic, sorry Mark.

Most of the scouts pre-draft felt he was too tall for the position in the NFL. It's far too early to give up on him but I would say a decision needs to be made after 2023.

One draft pick CAN make all the difference but the really good personnel people seem to know how it's done.

Repeating myself here but open competition between Myers and Tom at C while also giving Myers some practice snaps at RG. If Tom is clearly beating Myers out early in camp then give him more snaps at RG and let him compete with Runyan there.

In terms of reading the article with black on dark green, I highlighted the text such as you would to copy the text. You get black on a lighter color.

Clearly there is a concern with Myers play in 2022. A question is whether they create a situation where there is competition or direct replacement for the position. It could be a free agent, a trade, a draft pick or a player on the roster.

A veteran free agent would make a lot of sense if GB was one player away from a solid lineup on offense. But I see a number of positions to fill. A veteran free agent would also make a lot of sense if GB goes with Love at QB. Pairing Love with a rookie center could make the blocking calls a serious issue. Are there any URFA veteran centers available?

The same thoughts apply to a trade, with the added question of what player or draft pick are you willing to give up in the trade. Perhaps a third given the low success rate with 3rd round picks.

I can see an interior lineman pick in the 3rd or 4th round. Somebody who can compete at C or RG.

In terms of players on the roster, it becomes a process similar to moving pieces on a game board. Is Nijman GB's starting RT? Or is Tom? If Nijman or a drafted player is your starter at RT, Tom could be available to start at C. That is even if Tom is viewed as an eventual starter at LT. Giving him more game experience can only help in the long term.

Personally, I'd rather select a plug and play OT in the 1st or 2nd round than a C in the 3rd round since it fills two positions: RT and C. Of course drafting an OT in the 1st or 2nd round needs to be weighed against drafting edge, safety, TE and WR. It would be great to have four or five picks in the top 50 picks.

With roster building in mind, I would have to give Meyers all of his third year to grow into the guy I thought I drafted.

The GBP just have too many other needs to tinker with the center position right now. I like Tom as the center IF Nijman learns from his mistakes from his extended playing time this past season, he needs to be more consistent, details matter.

Does Bakh get moved with AR? That is a very real possibility. I like DB to be his full self this coming season and I would like to see him retained, but cap moves will HAVE to be made. The DB domino will set off a chain reaction if it falls off the roster. Meyers will absolutely be the center next season if DB departs, to move him just makes for way too many moving parts.

Meyers chose to don knee braces after his rookie year injury. In his recovery it might have made some comfort sense to do so, however when he reviews his season play with his position coaches I think he should consider getting rid of the braces for two reasons.
1 - his knee is structurally sound and he doesn't need them, they slow him a split second and that is the difference between players in the NFL.
2 - mentally he will stop thinking about his knee and just play his position more instinctively without the physical reminder that he has concerns.

Meyers can fill the center position for the GBP, I hope he grows into the guy we all want and that in turn will allow GBP resources to be used elsewhere there seems to be greater needs, such as WR, TE, OLB, S, DL..... as well as allowing for continuity along the LOS which is a very good thing so long as performance is acceptable.

Myers is frustrating. However, other than Tom, who brought his technique with him, there were so many coaching questions on the line and have been since before our last championship game that I am somewhat less certain of the reasons for it and his future prospects.

Not knowing if Rhyan remains a factor, or whether Bakh will be here and what that means for Tom, I’d expect additions aimed at the G/C positions. I am not sure what to expect of the coaching.

All these tough/difficult decisions facing Gute and *now* a conundrum piled on top? Yeesh! Poor guy's probably holed up in a stall in the executive restroom at 1265 hoping a dilemma isn't lurking about or a quandary with his name on it doesn't have him in the crosshairs. I'll betcha he's washing his hands a lot, too.

Either Myers gets better on is own, or he gets some competition internally or via the draft to make him better.

I just don't see any other option at this point. Either he improves, or he needs to step aside. Just sucks we spent a 2nd rd pick on him with Creed Humphrey sitting there (who we can watch play in today's Super Bowl).

Myers was recovering from a very bad leg injury last year.

The draft scout profiles on Myers all thought he was a pretty good OL. Obviouslyk the Packers had a reason for taking him ahead of Humphrey. One pretty good analysis was that Myers was better suited for the outside zone runs than Humphrey, and better at getting to the second level. I don't know, I'm not a scout. I'm just saying that there were people in the scouting business, and in the Packer personnel department, who thought that Myers was a pretty good player.

On a line of 5 guys, one person is always going to be the weak point, and if Myers is the weakest point on the line this year, we'll have a pretty good offensive line.

Personally, I'd start Jenkins at Center, because a good center makes both guards better. I'd hold off on making Tom a starter until somebody else got hurt, because he's very versatile and can play all the positions on the offensive line. At this moment in time, if we bring back Bakhtiari and Nijman, we'll have six quality starters. If even one guy from Walker-Jones-Rhyan improves, we'll have seven decent offensive linemen. We could draft a guy on Day Two, and then we might have 8 decent offensive linemen. That might be enough to get us through the season without having to start people like Newman and Hanson.

I thought Myers looked pretty good during his rookie season before he got hurt. I think 2022 was a perfect storm for the OL from really poor choices of whom to play to so many shuffles due to Bak's availability and injuries. On top of that both Jenkins and Bak were working back to consistent game shape and really poor OL personnel decisions made it harder on all of the OL (how many times have we had a MLF line rearrangement not work - Yosh clearly wasn't ready to return against the Lions in the last game, but once again MLF put a lineman in a place where they would fail). I agree with others that 2023 should be a true evaluation of where Myers fits into the line. Also, there seemed to be a large jump in the number of shotgun snaps last year and that may have had a small impact on his play (more than if all the other issues weren't also happening). Not only was Dillon impacted by that choice, but maybe some of Myers performance. If Rodgers is finally retired by the Packers I think Love would make at least 2 players better from day 1.

Theres no decision to make. This is a draft and develop team. Along with that comes the patience to allow young players the time to figure it out. Myers will be fine.

I find it absolutely mind boggling that people on this site are crying about Myers over Humphries like that would of made any difference.

You want to be angry at Gute for something that matters he and murphy hired Lafluer which is fine because i feel he is a good head coach , but giving Lafluer the power to hire his own assistants has shut this super bowl window faster than a progressive and conservative could disagree with one another .

Stenovich o- coordinator and Berry D coordinator what an absolute joke. Draft whoever you want play Rodgers play Jordan with these clowns leading the circus 8-9 9-8 regardless of players is gonna happen

No free agents at OC. GB has bigger holes.

Myers is good enough to win with. Problem is Runyan had a solid year in 2021 and also was only good enough to win with in 2022. And my view is that Nijman is only good enough to win with.

If there is a good-looking center/guard prospect at 78, or on day three, Gute should consider taking such a player. Again, GB has enough holes that even if there is a nice OC/OG prospect at 78 there might be a TE, Safety, nickel back, DT, etc. I'd prefer.