Elgton Jenkins Only Packers Offensive Player Named First-Team All-NFC North

The Green Bay Packers finished third in the NFC North this season after posting a dreadful 1-5 mark in the division, their worst since 2005.

The Packers were swept by Detroit and Minnesota and split with the Chicago Bears.

Bob McGinn, the Pro Football Hall of Fame reporter who covered the Packers for four decades and now works for golongtd.com, talked with several NFL executives and assembled an All-NFC North team.

Not surprisingly, the Packers had just one first-team selection on offense — left guard Elgton Jenkins.

Running back Josh Jacobs, left tackle Rasheed Walker, right guard Sean Ryhan, right tackle Zach Tom and tight end Tucker Kraft all finished second at their respective positions. Quarterback Jordan Love and center Josh Myers were third.

Green Bay’s wide receivers finished way down the list, with Romeo Doubs leading the group with a seventh place finish.

Here’s a look at the breakdown for Green Bay’s offensive players. McGinn will reveal the all-NFC North teams on defense and special teams next week.

QUARTERBACK

Green Bay’s Jordan Love finished third, behind Detroit’s Jared Goff and Minnesota’s Sam Darnold.

“Up and down,” one scout said of Love. “When he’s on, he’s really good. You’ve got to factor in, he was hurt (knee injury, 80.1% play time). He’s still a young player. When he’s right, I don’t see anything lacking.”

Added a second scout: “I feel he has too much Aaron Rodgers in him with the foot issues and not setting himself. He’s tough. It’s just that he doesn’t play to a consistent level over 17 games. He has good stretches. I need a good 17-game stretch from him.”

RUNNING BACK

Green Bay’s Josh Jacobs finished second, behind Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs. Former Packer Aaron Jones was third,

“He made that team more physical,” one scout said of Jacobs. “Once you get that guy in the open field I wouldn’t want to tackle him. You’ve got to make a business decision.”

LEFT TACKLE

Rasheed Walker finished second, behind Detroit’s Taylor Decker.

“What was he? Seventh-rounder?” one scout said of Walker. “It’s kind of amazing because they might have found a left tackle. How do you figure that? He’s got tools. Got a little nasty side to him. He’s not above doing something bonehead once in a while but he’s cleaned up his penalties a lot.”

LEFT GUARD

Jenkins beat out Detroit’s Graham Glasgow for the top spot in the division.

“He was good, not great,” one scout said of Jenkins. “He’s just a good player, and that’s run or pass. And he has no problems rubbing somebody’s nose in it.”

CENTER

Green Bay’s Josh Myers finished third behind Detroit’s Frank Ragnow and Minnesota’s Garrett Bradbury.

“I was really disappointed in him,” one scout said of Myers. “He just falls off blocks. He doesn’t finish. It’s not because of lack of effort. It’s lack of ability.”

Added a second scout: “After Ragnow, there really is a huge dropoff. He’s 1, and then it’s like 5-6-7. I think Myers and Bradbury both suck.”

RIGHT GUARD

Green Bay’s Sean Rhyan finished second behind Detroit’s Kevin Zeitler.

“He can move people,” one scout said of Rhyan. “They’re running a lot between the tackles with (Josh) Jacobs and he can consistently move big people. He’s good enough in pass protection. … Good rushers can beat him, but those guys give everybody problems.”

RIGHT TACKLE

Detroit’s Penei Sewell was first and Green Bay’s Zach Tom was second.

“He is so consistent that he’s boring,” one scout said of Tom. “He wins all the time. Good hands, good feet (as a pass blocker). He manages to take care of job 1: stay in front of the guy. He does it against power. Very, very effective offensive lineman.”

WIDE RECEIVERS

Green Bay’s Romeo Doubs finished seventh, Jayden Reed was eighth, Christian Watson was ninth and Dontayvion Wicks was 11^th. The Packers finished third in the NFL in most dropped passes (33).

Here’s what scouts said on each player:

On Reed: “They don’t get the ball to him enough. At other times, he has big crucial drops. He just hasn’t been consistent to be a next level player.”

On Doubs: “All that intermediate stuff, out-breaking routes, the daggers, he can run that really well. He’s their best route runner. Not a true vertical speed guy. That’s the one hole I see in him.”

On Watson: “When he’s healthy he’s a threat. You really like his ability to get deep. He did a better job this year dealing with contested balls. Defensively, you’ve got to account for him because he can run by you.”

On the group overall: “They can’t catch.”

TIGHT END

Green Bay’s Tucker Kraft was second behind Detroit’s Sam LaPorta.

“Where Kraft stands out really is run after the catch,” one scout said. “He’s got speed, he’s got a little bit of elusiveness, he’s got some power to run through things. He’s got some long catch-and-runs this year. His blocking is OK. Kind of like LaPorta’s. He tries to be tough like LaPorta but I don’t think he is. It’s more of fake toughness.”