To make it in the NFL, you need to be the best of the best. Players in the NFL are bigger, faster, and stronger than just about everyone else. In many cases, you also need a little bit of luck to succeed. For Green Bay Packers fans, one of the most well-known cases of luck impacting careers is the tale of Don Majkowski and Brett Favre.
For Majkowski, an injury at an inopportune time led to Favre taking the starting job from the former Pro Bowler. He never looked back, going on to start 297 straight games, with most of those being with the Packers. Majkowski, on the other hand, would play a couple of seasons apiece with the Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions, appearing in 22 games over his final four seasons, starting eight contests.
In 2026, injuries have been part of quite a few players' careers with Green Bay. Jordan Morgan is one such player, though not in the way one would expect.
After being selected in the first round by Green Bay in the 2024 NFL Draft, Morgan would only appear in six games as a rookie, with just one start. In 2025, though, he featured in all 17 games, starting 12, but the vast majority of his snaps came at right guard, not his "true position" of left tackle, as injuries shuffled much of the Packers' front line around.
With Rasheed Walker leaving the Packers in free agency, Morgan will finally get the shot to play his natural position. He will have high expectations, protecting Jordan Love's blindside at a high level, due in part to the pedigree that comes with being a first-round pick. It is a make-or-break year for the left tackle, as Green Bay will have to make a decision next offseason on whether to exercise his fifth-year option.
Morgan was unable to beat Walker for the job two years in a row, and with mixed results at right guard and right tackle, many are understandably cautious as to whether he will meet expectations. Earlier this week, two Packers analysts discussed a different option that could shake up the entire line, and the team may have the flexibility to do so after this year's draft.
Anthony Belton could give the Packers a tough decision on Jordan Morgan this summer
Earlier this week, on an episode of Carry The G Radio, Cheesehead TV co-founder Aaron Nagler and Bill Schmid questioned whether second-year Anthony Belton could force his way into the conversation at left tackle. Schmid believes that Morgan will finally flourish when given the opportunity to play his "natural position" of left tackle, as opposed to being bounced around the line.
If Morgan struggles and is unable to "close the door" on any competition at the position, it could be Belton who steps in.
Belton, like Morgan, was a left tackle in college and a three-year starter at the position. Belton earned seven starts as a rookie, also at right guard, rotating with Morgan, before ultimately winning the job inside when Morgan was forced to play right tackle at the end of the season.
Of course, moving Belton to left tackle would create an opening at right guard. Green Bay would have a couple of options to fill the gap, but it mostly boils down to the Jager Burton pick in April's draft.
The easiest option would be putting Burton in at center, where he played 817 snaps last season for Kentucky, and did not allow a pressure, let alone a sack. Burton has already impressed many through OTAs and minicamp, and could win the job, which would allow Sean Rhyan to slide back into his "natural spot" at right guard.
The other option would involve keeping Rhyan at center and moving Burton to guard. He certainly has the size and ability to do so, having played both guard spots in college with Kentucky. Green Bay has already worked him in with the starters in OTAs and minicamp. He lined up at right guard in the opening week of work and left guard when Aaron Banks was working with the rehab group.
Matt LaFleur and the Packers always value starting the five best offensive linemen. Belton has certainly proved to be in that spot, whether it be at guard or tackle.
Can Morgan work his way into that conversation, or will the rookie sneak it away?
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