The Packers’ offensive line is at the point where simply rolling it back may not be enough.
Injuries have thinned the group, and the players still standing haven’t exactly locked things down. That has opened the door to a different kind of fix, one that Justis Mosqueda of Acme Packing Company has laid out as a possible reshuffle Green Bay has not seriously tried.
His idea is straightforward: Jager Burton at left guard, Anthony Belton at right guard, and either John Williams or Travis Glover at right tackle. The biggest twist is Belton, who has struggled in his current spot but, in Mosqueda’s view, would look far better inside.
“Anthony Belton is still a people mover, but he can’t hang in pass protection at tackle when he’s going against wider edges who build up steam before the point of contact,” wrote the Packers insider.
“He’s a guard playing tackle. The coaching staff needs to fix this.”
Burton, meanwhile, is the one piece Mosqueda wants to leave alone. The Packers had Donovan Jennings and Aaron Banks ahead of him, but injuries to both players forced the rookie into action.
Jennings struggled in Week 1, Banks hurt his toe, and then Jennings was injured after coming back. Burton stepped in as the third option and did enough to get another start in Week 3, which makes continuity a sensible reason to keep him at left guard.
The right tackle spot is where the idea gets trickier. Williams entered the NFL as a seventh round pick in the 2025 draft, but injury wiped out his rookie year before he could even appear in a preseason game.
He did get on the field for all three preseason games in 2026, though only at left tackle. Asking him to flip to right tackle for his first career start would be a major leap.
Glover feels like the more realistic option. The sixth round pick from 2024 has more experience on the right side, with nine rookie snaps there and 147 preseason snaps at right tackle, including 38 this year. If Green Bay went with Mosqueda’s setup, Glover would likely slide to right tackle while Belton kicks inside to guard, trading some tackle strength for a better fit at right guard.
There’s still a bigger picture question hanging over the group, too: what happens if Sean Rhyan misses time with his hand injury, or if Aaron Banks returns? For the moment, though, the Packers have a line in flux and not many clean answers. That makes this configuration worth a look.
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