Sean Rhyan isn’t interested in sugarcoating what’s gone wrong up front for the Packers.
After three weeks and a 1-2 start, the Green Bay offensive line has become one of the biggest reasons the team is digging out of an early hole, and Rhyan made it clear he sees the issue as something that has to be confronted head-on.
“We didn’t play well enough; we didn’t protect 10 like we wanted to. We didn’t run the ball like we said we wanted to, just not doing what we said we were going to,” commented the Packers lineman.
“But you know you can’t be afraid of the hard conversations because then you won’t grow.”
That message comes after another rough outing for Green Bay’s front in the 35-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. The Packers managed just 17 rushing yards in that game, while Jordan Love was forced to drop back 53 times and deal with steady pressure.
The numbers across the first three games paint the same picture. Green Bay sits last in the NFL with 48.7 rushing yards per game and 3.0 yards per carry, and Love has continued to absorb plenty of punishment as the protection has broken down.
Injuries and constant shuffling along the line have only made things tougher, exposing the strain in the Packers’ depth approach. Rhyan’s push for accountability is a direct response to that reality, with the expectation that the group has to own the mistakes instead of just moving on from them.
For Green Bay, the next step is simple enough to say and much harder to deliver: turn those hard conversations into cleaner play.
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