About the Packers in 2024, Elgton Jenkins says, “We’re coming with a purpose.
GREEN BAY – Around midseason, when the Packers’ scuffling offense was seemingly going nowhere, Elgton Jenkins told any reporter who asked that he was confident the offense would indeed be going places.
He wasn’t just putting on a brave face or saying the right thing in front of the media, either. No, the elder statesman on the offensive line could see what the Packers had in quarterback Jordan Love and a young collection of pass catchers around him.
It hadn’t shown up in the games yet, but it was just a matter of time.
“It was the talent,” Jenkins said a couple of days after the Packers were eliminated from the playoffs. “When you see the talent level that the guys have, then it’s experience after that.
“Just knowing that their mindset was where it was supposed to be, by getting better and focusing on the next play, the next rep, and just getting better throughout that week, I knew it was going to come together at some point.”
Despite the struggles early on, Jenkins was sold on the combination of ability and mentality the Packers had brought to the offense.
After the draft, he checked out the highlights of receivers Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks, along with those of tight ends Luke Musgrave and Tucker Kraft, and was intrigued.
Once he watched them begin the NFL grind, he was even more impressed. He saw “how hungry” and “how eager” they were to learn and improve, the implication being the fifth-year veteran had not always seen that from everyone in previous draft classes.
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