This is how things will shake out at TE and WR, barring significant injury. Lazard and Watkins. Watson and Doubs. Amari and Cobb. Only 5 will be active on gameday. We’ll play 3 WR about half the time. #4 and #5 won’t get very many targets, and I’d predict Lazard, Watkins, and Amari will get more targets than the rookies, especially early n the season.

At TE, it’ll be Lewis, Tonyan, Deguara, Davis.

I agree with most of your comments but....who is Myers getting the job back from??? The guy that replaced him when hurt is no longer in GB and when healthy, he was the starter again..... also, is Runyon a starter??? Him and Meyers are probably the only two locks at LG and center.... and of course Bahk if healthy....(assuming Jenkins isn't ready)

I like the versatility of the group. They can put anyone anywhere. It won't matter. They'll still get the job done.

Sorry Gil, but I think you're wrong. The only question about starting tackles is who's available. If DB is ready on Day one, Yosh is RT1, period. He played his butt off when called on last year. I'm quite sure that the coaching staff is still questioning why they shook things up for the playoff game.
If DB is a no go, then Yosh is LT1, period. All the names mentioned will vie for short term RT1 position.
When EJ comes back, a decision will have to be made regarding where to play him. If, as I suspect, Yosh is holding his own at tackle, I'm pulling to put EJ back at LG to put that side of the line into elite status.
In Yosh I trust! GPG!

I see that versatility is often spoken to with the OL depth, but it's one thing to have such to accommodate a few games here and there and have success, though the success seems to fail in the playoffs, and another to think of it as efficient as having true starter types, or an equal measure. If so, then the Packers should cut ties with Bakhtiari, but it isn't and if the Packers believe a group of non-masters of a position is best, don't expect the grand goal to be achieved this year or next or next. You need three solid starters on the OL, not one or none. Maybe a couple will become the master of a position, and all may be well, but at the moment going into camp and season start, it doesn't appear to be anything more than reaching into the bag of miscellaneous, or an 'Island of misfit toys.'

I’m not going to factor Jenkins in until he is active.

Left tackle is the most important line position, and we have a real good starter. If we have a good backup, like Nijman, then that spot is OK. Next most important is Center, and Myers will be fine if he’s healthy. If he’s not, it’ll probably be Tom.

Now it’s RT. Who is your best remaining lineman? IMO, we should look first at Newman. He’s not a rookie, he started quite a few games…out of position. He was a RT in college. Van Lanen will be given a shot.

That would leave Runyan and Rhyan as front runners for guard spots. A putative opening day line would see Bakhtiari, Runyan, Myers, Rhyan, and Newman starting, with Nijman, Van Lanen, and Tom as our reserves.

I noticed Nijman and Newman were trading places with the first team quite a bit in OTAs & mandatory. So I think they have a working plan to start with. Newman needs to take a step this year and avoid penalties too.

It would be nice to put Nijman at RT in TC and leave him there but even if Bakhtiari is healthy he's going to get rest days so I'm guessing he gets practices at LT too. Their rotations in OTAs and minicamp have no meaning. Braden practiced with the ones last year. Newman, Rhyan and Walker probably all get snaps at RT during TC and let the preseason games dictate the depth chart.

I'd like to see Tom compete with Myers for starting C but if they're sold on Myers as the starter then Tom should get some practices at T too.

The first thing I'd add is this: Maybe this year's OL starters have to be better run blockers than in the past. If so, and I think that's a real possibility, a guy like VanLanen maybe gets to start.
I think that it's unlikely a rookie will start the first game, there are too many guys who have some experience already. I like Rhyan and Tom a LOT, but I don't see them starting game one unless there are injuries.
All I'm sure of is I like this team's OL depth more than any we've ever had over the past 50 years.

The OL is a mess right now. The only certainty is J Runyan Jr., and Myers is a pretty safe bet. Beyond that, I literally don't know who else will be starting week 1, and neither does anyone else at this point. It doesn't mean that they will be bad, but there is a ton of work to be done at camp and in the pre-season. I don't expect the positions to settle down until Jenkins is back, and that might not be until Thanksgiving. We just don't know.

TE isn't much better.

I don't expect the WR position to settle down at all this year - at least I hope that it does not. If it settles into a groove in week 1 and does not change then that likely means that Watson and Doubs have not emerged, and that will be a bad thing.

So that is six starting positions on the offense that will see a really healthy dose of competition between now and final cut-down day. That is more than enough drama for me.

If Bakhtiari isn't "ready to go" in week 1 of this season, his career as a starting tackle in the NFL is likely over.

If the knee is still taking on fluid to the extent that he's not willing to play through it 21 months after his injury (December 2020), at age 30, I don't know how you rely on him to be a starter. The talent is still there obviously, but availability leads to consistency and consistency on an OL is everything for the unit to operate efficiently.

This is absolutely not a knock on Bakhtiari, but in the old days players would put football above personal health and just have the trainers slam a hypo in the joint and drain a milk jug's worth of fluid after every game and practice if need be. Those days are mostly gone, and probably for the better, as today's players have learned the lesson after watching yesterday's players half crippled and one foot in the grave by age 45. But with that shift the reality is length of starting caliber careers has been shortened in favor of personal long term health.

Bakh is a phenomenal LT, but if the knee hasn't stopped taking on fluid or he hasn't made the decision to live with it, the Packers need to anoint a new starter at the position who will be available for practice and sundays reliably.

You can't be sure about Bakhtiari so you split time at that position with Nijman and hope that you can line up a good, healthy, LT in the playoffs for once. To me, that seems the simplest solution. Squeeze as many good snaps as you can out of him, but be prepared to play without him, Meanwhile, we get to see if Nijman is our starting LT of the future.

From there, you've got Runyan at LG and Myers at C. That's a solid left side. Over on the right, I'd guess that Newman might be our best option. He's a college RT who started a bunch of games for us at guard last year and that should put him ahead of the rookies, or Van Lanen. And then you put Rhyan at RG.

That leaves us with a starting line of Bakhtiari-Runyan- Myers-Rhyan- Newman with Nijman, Tom, Van Lanen and Hanson???? maybe

These guys like Walker and Turner ,,,,,,,barring injuries, we're going to have to cut them and try to resign them to the practice squad. But that doesn't mean they won't be starting for us in the playoffs.