The faces on the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line in 2026 will be familiar. Still, the team has done some shuffling, based on the moving parts we can see. When training camp gets rolling in late July, the one big question will be at guard among the big boys up front.
It’d be easy to look at Jordan Morgan and his move to left tackle as being the biggest unknown for the offensive line, but it’s not. Morgan started at that position in college at Arizona, and after the Packers took him in the first round in 2024, he began his NFL career by playing both guard spots and right tackle, but never at his primary position.
Green Bay will need Morgan to settle in at left tackle. Still, there are bigger questions, and they begin at left guard and right guard.
Aaron Banks was one of Green Bay’s big free-agent pickups last offseason, but Year 1 didn’t go according to plan. Banks dealt with a nagging back injury starting in training camp. Once the regular season got rolling, a groin injury and an ankle ailment also held him back.
Even when the injuries seemed behind him nearing the halfway point of the regular season, Banks wasn’t what the Packers had expected. The play was better, but it was less than stellar when compared to his career numbers.
According to PFF’s metrics, Banks was objectively bad in pass protection, and there’s a case to be made that 2025 was his worst season in that category. His zone blocking also disappeared and fell well below PFF’s standard for average.
Banks signed a four-year, $77 million deal last offseason, so the Packers will need Year 1 to be an outlier and not a sign of things to come.
Green Bay’s offensive line has historically been a strong point, and they’ve consistently poured resources into it even when other areas seem more in need. Whether it’s via the draft or free agency, Green Bay is always prioritizing the offensive line.
If the offensive line is to improve in 2026, it could start with better play from Banks.
Then there’s Anthony Belton.
Like Morgan, left tackle was Belton’s primary — and only — position in college while playing at North Carolina State. Belton started 32 games in college, every single one at left tackle. However, the Packers tend to ask their linemen to play multiple positions.
By the end of his rookie season a year ago, the Packers plugged Belton in as their starting right guard. It was a foreign position to him, for the most part. Now entering Year 2 as the starter at that spot, Green Bay will need Belton to take the next step.
Belton wasn’t awful at right guard, and he showed signs of improvement as he earned more reps at the position. Still, there was a noticeable struggle. The question is, was that just a raw prospect still learning his way or someone flummoxed by playing out of position?
Belton and Morgan are the two biggest unknowns, and they both land at the guard position.
Assuming that right tackle Zach Tom comes back healthy from his offseason surgery, there’s no bigger lock on the offense live.
Sean Rhyan moved from right guard to center last year. When that domino fell, it opened the door for Belton to move to right guard full-time. Rhyan’s status seemed iffy heading into free agency, but the Packers forked over a three-year deal to keep him around. What you see is what you get with Rhyan at this point, and there shouldn’t be many surprises.
The same can’t be said about Banks and Belton, and that’s the key difference. Green Bay has a pretty strong idea of what it will get from Tom and Rhyan. Morgan is a question, but is going back to his most comfortable position at left tackle and a position he excelled at in college.
The situation at guard will be one to monitor closely. Beyond perhaps MarShawn Lloyd, who has become the human incarnation of a question mark, it’s the greatest uncertainty on an otherwise promising offense.
