Center Josh Myers weathered multiple injuries to start 16 games for the Packers in 2024, and he is hoping to run it back in 2025.
“I’d absolutely love to be here,” said Myers after the Packers’ season ended, per Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal. He is the team’s only full-time starter schedule to hit free agency this offseason and should have a strong market as a consistent starting center with a high floor. While he lacks the Pro Bowl pedigree of Erik McCoy and Tyler Biadasz, Myers should be able to earn an APY comparable to the contracts signed by Aaron Brewer and Andre James last offseason.
With just over $40MM in cap space, per OverTheCap, the Packers could afford such a $7-8MM per-year deal. However, the team already has three potential centers on their roster in Elgton Jenkins, Zach Tom, and Sean Rhyan, per The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman. That could lead Green Bay to move on from Myers, partially in an effort to get 2024 first-rounder Jordan Morgan in the starting lineup.
Jenkins and Rhyan are both guards, where Morgan played all of his rookie snaps after starting as a left tackle in his final two college seasons. If the Packers truly want to give Morgan a chance at a starting job in 2025, they are more likely to move Jenkins or Rhyan to center instead of Tom.
That would leave Myers, a 2021 second-round pick, looking for a new team this offseason. He may not be an elite center, but he offers reliable play at the position and allowed just one sack in 2024, per Pro Football Focus (subscription required). That should be enough to earn him another starting job in 2025, in Green Bay or elsewhere.
Hard. Pass.
They drafted this guy 1 ahead of Creed Humphrey and the cheifs insta-drafted him right after. What a giant mistake.
That isn’t just hindsight either. Humphrey was 30 slots ahead of Myers on Arif Hasan’s consensus big board from that year.
The packers massively over rated him and reached when they selected him. I was left scratching my head why they didn’t select Humphrey
I still lament not getting TJ Watt but that one is mildly understandable.
Anyone who had Myers over Creed that year was just wrong and here we are without a several time pro bowl, several time all pro center.
That’s gute for you….
No opinion one way of the other. Forget who they missed, is he good enough to be part of the Packers future?
Of course he would love to sign with the Packers. He would love to sign with anyone. Even if he is a back up the money is still good compared to most 9-5 jobs.