Wednesday Walkthroughs: Which Packers rookie will have the most significant effect in 2021?

Nicely-stocked while the Green Bay Packers’ roster may well be, they’ll still be counting on youthful gamers to make a significant contribution this 12 months. Who will make the largest splash? We requested our writers what they believed. Here’s what they experienced to say.

Shawn Wagner: Josh Myers

This may possibly not be a surprise choose, but I imagine it is the right 1. On an offensive line that currently will be hunting to be successful without David Bakhtiari for an unsure volume of time, the capacity for the rookie Myers to lock down the heart position is paramount. If Elgton Jenkins is to get snaps at still left tackle, Myers results in being an even additional significant cog in a shuffled interior Packers line. Just this previous week, Aaron Rodgers acknowledged that Myers wants to feel and participate in a little more quickly when Rodgers is less than center, but overall the former Buckeye has filled in immediately and admirably. For Inexperienced Bay to be the form of offensive juggernaut it was previous year, Rodgers will need the security and command of the huddle that comes from the centre position and Myers in distinct.

Tex Western: OL Royce Newman (among the Day 3 picks)

Mainly because of Myers probable starting at heart, I’m likely to alter the question a bit for my possess uses and say the prompt asks which rookie drafted on day 3 will have the biggest effects. There, I consider one particular can make the situation

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