Yes

As I've said a bunch of times, the Packers have an opportunity to upgrade their offensive line this offseason, and save some serious money in the process. I KNOW that we can get a starting quality OL on Day 2 that has a better upside.

I think Rhyan has done a good job for us the last couple of years. Spotrac has him down for about $6.5M/year in FA, or about 1/3 of what we'd save from releasing Jenkins.

If I were running the show, I'd release Jenkins and use his $20M to pursue a FA on the OL. I'd be inclined to resign Rhyan, and I'd draft the best OL I could get in the 2nd round. Let Walker walk. This way, we've improved the Oline and saved some money in the process.

I lean yes, but it depends on the market for him. For us it’s continuity and a still relatively young player who seemed to do better at C despite limited experience. That said, if Butkus is still there, I don’t have high hopes that the OL gets much better.

Bringing back Rhyan makes sense. But what is being ignored is the huge mistake the team's talent evaluators made when they claimed that Jenkins would be "All World" at center. Quite simply, as Jenkins himself admitted, he "sucked" at center. As far as not having a first round pick, when was the last time a first rounder really had a major impact on this team? It seems that the third and fourth rounds are where the team finds offensive linemen who quickly become starters, and excel for years. WR's? Davante Adams was a second rounder as was Watson. Doubs went in the fourth round, while Kraft was a third rounder.
Forget where a guy is drafted. Get guys who are football players, not just athletes that test well.

So Rhyan should be the offseason re-signing priority?

PFF had him ranked in the bottom 5th of qualifying NFL Centers. Jenkins was ranked by PFF as the 20th best NFL center even as Jenks said he played poorly.

Seems like a downgrade at the position to me and expensive to pay him $6-7 M per year.

Rhyan has never distinguished himself as an OL starter since drafted 4 years ago...at least according to the coaches until he was forced to start due to injury. He's a solid depth player but would reinforce the C as the weak link that has not been closed since Linsley left.

Whether the Packers resign Rhyan or let him walk, I agree with the notion that they'll probably have to sign someone to shore up the position. Unless there's something they see in Monk that we don't, they're likely going to have to draft someone who plays C or projects to C on day 2 of the draft.

Rhyan is a known commodity, but he played himself out of the doghouse and onto the field at RG in 2024, but then seemed to play himself off the field this season. Jenkins' injury put him back on the field at C, but I can't reasonably say that Rhyan would've gotten back on the field absent that injury. It's hard to say that the Packers coaches are all that high on Rhyan, but it could be that a full off-season and training camp could really allow Rhyan to become a solid C. If I'm Rhyan and the Packers are offering two years at modest money, I'm probably testing the FA waters first.

Wait the Packers have salary cap issues? I mentioned that awhile back and there were comments that the Packers will be fine salary cap wise and that we will have no problem signing players. Where are those people?

YES. Solid player and versatile player in the toolbox. Watched a slow gradual increase in his performance so far. Couldn’t believe how well he plugged in at center. He is definitely somebody I would resign and build on. That said, I don’t think the contract should be ridiculous, but it should be competitive.

The topic of signing Rhyan is on a par with going into an exclusive ice cream shop offering 45 different flavors of ice cream and ordering vanilla.

The comparison to Lucas Partick was a good one, if the gets no starting offers and they can sign him relatively cheap that bolsters the backup situations for inside offensive lineman. Stepping in at center especially on the road could have led to a lot of issues but he handled the situation well. They sure must have missed big on drafting Monk, remember the year before last when so many went down and instead of inserting Monk at center (his position) they tried two backup tackles instead and both failed miserably.

I'm a yes. He beat out Jenkins.

If Ryan comes cheap they will keep him.
I say you use all your draft picks on O linemen, some will have to fit in and the rest back up. Next year all your picks to totally replace the secondary. The third year we will restructure and replace aging running backs and hopefully, four years from now the packers will be back in the playoff picture. Thats of course if the Vikes, Lions, and Bears all screw up their own drafting for three years. Lets hope.

Please people the packers need everything: pass rushers, corners, safties, linebackers, defensive tackles, kickers. It will take three drafts to get the talent this team needs to just get into the playoffs again. Love sure as hell aint taking you there, he is not Farve or Rodgers.

With Gutekunst drafting and MLF & Butkus coaching them, I don't have much faith in anything they do with the OL. Might as well go with the cheapest options available.

More importantly, isn't an upgrade at Offensive Line Coach in order?

I view the return of Rhyan as more of a matter of economics than roster development. Perhaps less expensive than looking to free agency. Also more likely due to the tendencies of status quo management.

I bring him back if the price is right. I thought he played well at Center. Though I'd need someone smarter then me to tell me if that is true. Giving him a full offseason to train and prepare at Center. I think he could be even better next year.

To anyone who is in the don't resign Rhyan camp, I want you to remember what our options were last year. There were virtually no OC available in free agency last year. The few that were available got good money. Hoping we can draft a starter after the 4th round isn't going to fill the position either. Monk seems like a draft failure; there is no other way to put it. The coaches don't trust him and that's the bottom line. Even if he is cheap, there has to be someone else is better than him. Yeah he played against Minnesota in a meaningless game. I wish he was better.

Sorry to bring this up, but if we had just picked the #1 center in the draft, Creed Humphrey, instead of Linsley, WE would have the Pro-Bowl OC on our team right now. The Chiefs are still laughing about that one.

With new management in Oakland, they won't be tied to any previous regime draft picks. Jackson Powers-Johnson was the best center in the 2024 draft and picked in the 2nd round that year. Oakland tried him at OG instead of OC. He hasn't lit the world on fire for a terrible Raiders organization. Maybe a 4th or 5th round pick would pry him loose and we could have our OC.

I favor releasing Butkus, Gordon and Stenavich - and totally rebuild first the Oline staff and next the Oline with players including those under contract with they type of personnel who fit what the Pack want. I am hoping that the NFL gets rid of the stupid tush push this year and starts blowing the whistle more quickly on forward progress. This stupid having 4 or 5 guys pushing a pile 5 or 6 yards is more reminiscent of rugby than football. That being said then maybe we can decide if we are a pass protection team or a run the ball team. Right now we seem to be in the middle somewhere which is why we get stoned on 3rd and 1 and why our running backs get stopped in the backfield too often.