Packers RB coach Ben Sirmans is not disappointed when he sees Josh Jacobs
After the historic 2024 season, the Packers were excited about running back to Josh Jacobs and said he was great at getting into training camp.
Green Bay - One of the famous internal offseason moves for the Green Bay Packers was to move two-time professional bowler Elgton Jenkins from guard to center, replacing Josh Myers, who traveled to the New York Jets during free agency.
According to an ESPN report, Jenkins wants to re-engineer the contract before his position changes, so Jenkins has not yet participated in the team's offseason plan.
Jenkins recorded snapshots on center and tackle, signing a four-year, $68 million contract in 2022 with two years left.
Packers offensive line coach Luke Butkus said Jenkins had enough time to work at the center before this season.
"He's a great man. He's a great teammate. There's no doubt," Bukus said of Jenkins' absence.
"He's special in that, he's able to cross the train and do all of this stuff. Playing in college (center). I think one of his better games last year was when he was playing. There's no concern about that, he'll be a good fit."
When Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst plans to sign Aaron Bank of the San Francisco 49ers to play, he said he informed Jenkins to move to the center early. When asked Monday about Jenkins’ plan to be out of the offseason, Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich didn’t go into details, just saying, “Other than that, he’s not here.”
Stenavich reiterated that Jenkins' move was good.
“I think he’s open to it,” Stenavich added. "The conversation we had with him, yes, he had a lot of experience there, he was open to it, excited about it. So, ready to go."
Here are other gains from offensive assistant coaches during Wednesday's media supply.
Packers run back coach Ben Sirmans sees Josh Jacobs not disappointed
Josh Jacobs made his debut and started running for the Packers.
The Packers have won the leader of the 2022 NFL rushing yards as a free agent for the Las Vegas Raiders and unleashed veteran Aaron Jones.
Jacobs has a long history in Green Bay for the 2024 season. Since Ahman Green in 2003, he has been the 1,329 rushing yards in the regular season, becoming the first Packers to exceed 1,300 yards. He is just the fourth player in the history of a team that reached the 1,300 yard mark in a season, joining Green, Dorsey Levens and Jim Taylor. He also added a career-high 15 touchdowns and earned his first professional touchdown pass in a 24-22 win over Houston in Week 7.
When the Packers lost AJ Dillon and Marshawn Lloyd suffered end-of-season injuries, Jacobs had to take most of the burden, as his 301 carry shows.
“You may have more contact than anyone else out there except the quarterback, so you can influence the mood of the team more than anyone else,” said Packers Run Back Coach Ben Sirmans. "I think his ability surprised a lot of us and his ability to do things with the ball after the ball. A character like this, we know that this is something we can expand on, so he has been everything we hope for and definitely the engine of our offense."
After a productive year for Jacobs to win his third Pro Bowl, the Packers were not disappointed in 2025, although Sirmans said the coach would “consciously” the amount of his practice time they managed during training camp.
"His agility now, he cuts his abilities in the drill, explodes, and he looks better than last year," Sirmans said.
Hope Marshawn Lloyd "goes all out" during training camp
The Packers have high hopes for sophomore guard Marshawn Lloyd.
The first level of business is to let him enter the scene.
The rookie season for the third round of 2024 draft pick was tough and derailed in just one game after being injured. He was injured during rookie mini camp. After the start of the camp lacked, he was injured in the preseason season opener against the Cleveland Browns, forcing him to miss the rest of the training camp and season opener against Brazil's Philadelphia Eagles.
He returned to face the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2, but left the game with an ankle injury, causing him to get injured. To increase the insult to injury, within days of the IR being activated, hoping to return to Week 11 in Chicago, Lloyd was placed on the non-football disease list, with appendicitis missing the rest of the season.
Sirmans said Lloyd was mentally and physically into the camp and would be able to practice at full speed.
"I think he's in a much better position. Psychologically, he's very sharp in the classroom. He's doing well on the football field," Searmans said. "Obviously, we have a lot of high expectations from him because he just brings a different blend of his speed and agility to our offense. So far, he's very happy with him and looks forward to getting him there in this real game situation."