Jenkins is being moved to center ahead of the 2025 season. He is a left guard by trade but has also spent time at both tackle spots during his six years in Green Bay. The Packers signed him to a four-year, $68 million extension in 2022 that runs through 2026. The deal initially made him a highly-paid guard. It now has him as one of the league’s most expensive centers. The Packers could save $20 million by cutting Jenkins next offseason, something they would likely do unless Jenkins is immediately one of the league’s best centers. Jenkins, in turn, is almost certainly looking to up his guarantees on the final two years of the contract. Though, as Demovsky points out, the Packers rarely adjust contracts this far from their expiration, Jenkins could be the exception to the rule.

Channel 3000’s Jason Wilde, a long-time Packers beat, cites a league source as saying Jenkins wants a reworked contract as compensation for being moved to center this offseason. Jenkins has no guaranteed money remaining on a four-year, $68 million extension signed prior to the 2022 season. This will be his age-30 season, as to this point he’s authored a stellar career spent only with the Packers.

Jenkins suffered a stinger. Should the Packers advance to the Divisional Round, he’ll likely spend time on the injury report. Green Bay’s backup guard play has been a big reason the Packers found themselves in a 10-0 hole against the Eagles at halftime.

Jenkins, one of Green Bay’s starting offensive linemen, left in the first half of the Packers’ game against the Falcons. He is listed as questionable to return. Jenkins headed to the locker room after his injury, indicating that he may have difficulty returning to the game. The Packers are already without David Bakhtiari and now have another starting offensive lineman out against the Falcons.