3 options to replace injured Packers’ tackle Elgton Jenkins

The Green Bay Packers continue to suffer massive blow after massive blow on the injury front with the latest stud to go down being versatile offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins.

Jenkins tore his ACL on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings and is the third starting offensive lineman Green Bay will be without (David Bakhtiari and Josh Myers are the other two). Injuries have been a constant for the Packers this year, as it’s touched everyone from the secondary to the outside linebackers to the defensive line to the offensive line to the wide receiver to the running backs to the quarterbacks.

At 8-3, the Packers Super Bowl hopes are still very much alive so let’s take a look at three viable options they have to replace Jenkins.

With the Green Bay Packers losing offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins for the year, here are three possible replacements for him.

Options to replace Packers’ Elgton Jenkins: Yosh Nijman

The most obvious choice is to do nothing and allow Yosh Nijman to take over at left tackle again. He started three games earlier this season when Jenkins was out with a different injury and held his own. He’s obviously not up to the same par as Jenkins and Bakhtiari, but he was impressive in his own right. Would the Packers trust him to protect Aaron Rodgers’ blindside on a hopeful Super Bowl run? That’s a different question.