Best Green Bay Packers player to wear No. 70 was a reliable blocker for Aaron Rodgers

Welcome once again to Lombardi Ave's series covering the greatest Green Bay Packers players to wear every jersey number from No. 0 to No. 99.

With the single digits, teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s all now officially in the books, we're ready to move forward with the next group, and while we may not have an all-time franchise legend to kick things off at No. 70, what we do have is a rock-solid offensive lineman that was one of the most respected guys in the locker room in the middle years of the Aaron Rodgers era.

But before we get to the reveal, let's first run through our usual process of looking at every player who's worn No. 70 for the Green & Gold over the years.

Joe Andruzzi, G
Bob Barber, DE
Leon Crenshaw, DT
Steve Dowden, OT
Charles Hope, G
Art Hunter, C
Don King, DT
Darian Kinnard, OT/G
Adrian Klemm, G
T.J. Lang, G
Alex Light, OT/G
Bud Marshall, DE
Ernie McMillan, OT
Rich Moore, DE
Royce Newman, OT/G
Lee Nystrom, OT
Paul Rudzinski, LB
Ron Sams, C
Keith Uecker, G/OT
Tyson Walter, G
Dick Wildung, OL/DT

We've got just one member of the Packers Hall of Fame on this list, that being Dick Wildung, who played on both the offensive line and defensive line during his seven-season run in Green Bay in the late 1940s and into the 1950s.

Unfortunately for Wildung, who was a one-time Pro Bowl selection, he was a good player on some bad Packers teams, as his run in Titletown came at the end of the Curly Lambeau era and into the Gene Ronzani era. In his first six seasons with the team from 1946 to 1951, during which he wore No. 45, Green Bay had a combined record of 23-47-1. He sat out the 1952 campaign, and when he returned for one more year in 1953, during which he wore No. 70, the Packers went 2-9-1.

Had Wildung worn No. 70 for more than just that one year, he'd be in consideration here, but since that wasn't the case, the honor goes to T.J. Lang.

T.J. Lang played eight solid seasons for the Green Bay Packers

After a solid collegiate career at Eastern Michigan, where he actually played on the defensive line as a freshman before transitioning to the offensive line as a sophomore, Lang was taken by Green Bay in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft with the 109th overall selection.

After spending most of his first two seasons in a reserve role, getting just three starts in that stretch at tackle, the 6-foot-4, 315-pounder won the starting job at left guard ahead of the 2011 season and spent two years in the role before becoming the starting right guard in 2013. As he also once filled in as an emergency center, he actually played every single position on the offensive line during his run in Green Bay.

Lang was named as a Pro Bowl alternate in both 2014 and 2015 before finally making the roster in the traditional sense in 2016, a selection that was long overdue, as he was genuinely one of the top pass protectors in the game for several years, which Aaron Rodgers obviously enjoyed. He was also one of the most reliable O-linemen in the league, as he missed just three games in his six seasons as a regular starter.

The Michigan native left Green Bay following that 2016 season and played the final two years of his career in his home state with the rival Detroit Lions, earning a second Pro Bowl nod in 2017.

Sorry that we don't have anything flashier to discuss here, but Lang was simply a solid and reliable player during his eight-year run in Green Bay, and that's enough to earn him this title of the greatest Packers player to wear No. 70.

Other Green Bay Packers jersey honorees

• No. 0: There's literally only one choice here
• No. 1: Micah Parsons isn't the pick just yet
• No. 2: The Packers' all-time leading scorer
• No. 3: The second player in franchise history to have his jersey retired
• No. 4: There's no introduction needed here
• No. 5: This player should have been the last to wear the number but wasn't
• No. 6: A genuine ironman
• No. 7: This player was straight magic (until he wasn't)
• No. 8: This player has the second-most points in Packers history
• No. 9: The winner here has an extremely famous relative
• No. 10: A star on the rise
• No. 11: Packers' first title-winning QB
• No. 12: Obviously isn't up for debate
• No. 13: Had 'no weakness'
• No. 14: The first to have his jersey retired by the Packers
• No. 15: Owns a special piece of NFL history
• No. 16: Shares his name with an MLB legend
• No. 17: Had to beat out several Hall of Famers
• No. 18: Was one of the NFL's first dual-threat quarterbacks
• No. 19: Had his career cut short by the Bears
• No. 20: Has held a record for nearly 100 years
• No. 21: Has the most defensive TDs in NFL history
• No. 22: Also served in the U.S. Congress
• No. 23: Holds several NFL kick-return records
• No. 24: Owns a unique piece of Super Bowl history
• No. 25: Might not be who you think
• No. 26: Holds a historic place in NFL history
• No. 27: Started hot but fizzled fast
• No. 28: A good defender on some bad teams
• No. 29: Still holds an unofficial team record
• No. 30: It's not the one who's the Packers' all-time leading rusher
• No. 31: Had his jersey retired by another team
• No. 32: Is a member of another team's Ring of Honor
• No. 33: Did so much more than people may realize
• No. 34: An underrated dual-threat back
• No. 35: Gave the Packers a unique win over the Bears
• No. 36: Invented the Lambeau Leap
• No. 37: Suited up for the Packers at the wrong time
• No. 38: Left the Packers as the NFL's all-time passing leader
• No. 39: Was taken in three different MLB drafts
• No. 40: The only man in both the Baseball and Pro Football Hall of Fame
• No. 41: Made a big impact in a little time
• No. 42: Was the charter member of an elite club
• No. 43: Inadvertently created a new play
• No. 44: Made the Hall of Fame despite only having one eye
• No. 45: Left the NFL with the most TDs in history
• No. 46: Was underappreciated in the Lombardi era
• No. 47: Later played on the PGA Tour
• No. 48: Just missed out on the Lombardi era
• No. 49: Was one of the best O-linemen of his era
• No. 50: The Packers' all-time leading tackler
• No. 51: Is a member of three Halls of Fame
• No. 52: Is a member of a royal NFL family
• No. 53: Didn't miss a single game for a decade
• No. 54: Was 'The Rock' way before Dwayne Johnson
• No. 55: Had a solid career after going undrafted
• No. 56: Was a steady presence during the 2000s
• No. 57: Put on a gutsy Super Bowl performance
• No. 58: Kicked off the Packers' greatest draft class
• No. 59: Received a special Hall of Fame honor
• No. 60: Was involved in two famous trades
• No. 61: Was a reliable specialist for a decade
• No. 62: Put on the ultimate show of toughness
• No. 63: Was the first in NFL history to win six titles
• No. 64: Had an absurd amount of surgeries
• No. 65: Proved to be a seventh-round steal
• No. 66: Wildly wanted to play for the Bears
• No. 67: Once got a shoutout from John Madden
• No. 68: Nearly gave up football
• No. 69: Achieved a feat not seen in 50-plus years

This list will be updated daily until all 100 entries are complete, so be sure to check back in with Lombardi Ave for updates.

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