Packers’ Elgton Jenkins admits Aaron Rodgers will be ‘missed’ in locker room

The Green Bay Packers are already getting used to life with out Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback, as Jordan Love takes over following the commerce with the New York Jets. 

The offense as a complete might want to study the nuances of Love’s sport and cadence below middle, however none greater than the offensive line. 

Rodgers has the power to dissect a protection just by strolling to the road and looking on the sphere, which results in a number of modifications in line protection at occasions. Elgton Jenkins discovered that shortly when he got here in as a second-round choose within the 2019 NFL Draft. 

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Inexperienced Bay Packers offensive guard Elgton Jenkins (74) seems on in motion throughout a sport between the Chicago Bears and the Inexperienced Bay Packers on January 03, 2021 at Soldier Area in Chicago, IL. (Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)

However he additionally discovered about how Rodgers handled his linemen and the kind of particular person he was off the sphere. That’s why he admitted to NFL Community’s “Good Morning Soccer” that Rodgers can be missed within the locker room this yr. 

“Simply his presence within the locker room and the issues that he brings to the sport, the expertise, all of the tales that he needed to inform and all that, he’s gonna be missed in our locker room for positive,” Jenkins defined. 

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Rodgers’ influence with the Packers goes with out saying. He’s a four-time MVP quarterback with a Tremendous Bowl ring and a future Hall of Fame resume that has by no means clouded his want to say that he wouldn’t be capable of accomplish all of that with out good teammates round him. 

After all, Rodgers could be a straight shooter which comes off as brazen at occasions, however his presence calls for a sure execution in comparison with others across the league. 

Nobody expects Love to hold that type of weight simply but, however Jenkins does imagine that the younger sign caller is prepared for his first shot at beginning within the NFL. 

Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) warms up earlier than enjoying in opposition to the New Orleans Saints soccer workforce Friday, August 19, 2022, at Lambeau Area in Inexperienced Bay, Wis. (Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

“When he first obtained within the league, he wasn’t our starter, however the best way that he walked across the locker room, the best way that he approached the sport, he all the time approached each sport as a starter,” Jenkins mentioned. “So we all know that he is participant and simply able to go on Sunday or at any time when we play. 

“In OTAs, I’ve seen a variety of good issues from Jordan, a variety of management — he stepped up as a frontrunner so much — so I am very excited for his future and able to play with him.”

If you play in a metropolis that refers to itself as “Titletown,” expectations are excessive regardless of your expertise degree. Jenkins, Love and each different Packer understands that. 

Elgton Jenkins #74 of the Inexperienced Bay Packers walks off the sphere after a sport in opposition to the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Area on September 20, 2021 in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin.  The Packers defeated the Lions 35-17.  (Wesley Hitt/Getty Pictures)

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In the meantime, Rodgers can be making an attempt to convey his elite degree of successful to a Jets workforce that’s dying to get again into the playoffs and maintain the Vince Lombardi for the primary time since Tremendous Bowl III when Joe Namath dominated the Massive Apple.