Source: Packers, seeking help on O-line, signing veteran Becton

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Two days after the Green Bay Packers signed one former first-round pick to help their struggling offensive line, they did it again by signing Mekhi Becton on Monday, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Becton was the No. 11 pick in the 2020 NFL draft by the New York Jets and played for the Los Angeles Chargers last season. On Saturday, they signed guard Laken Tomlinson, the 28th pick in the 2015 draft by the Detroit Lions. Becton has split time in his career between guard and tackle, while Tomlison has played almost exclusively at left guard. The Packers (1-2) have started three different players at left guard in the first three games of the season. Preferred starter Aaron Banks, who is in Year 2 of a four-year, $77 million contract, has played in just one game due to toe and knee injuries. The Packers have tried both Donovan Jennings and rookie Jager Burton at left guard, meaning they have started three different players in as many games at that spot. At right guard, Jacob Monk, a first-year starter, has struggled. The Packers also lost starting right tackle Zach Bako-Bewele to a season-ending knee injury in Week 1. The Packers have struggled to run the ball, ranking last in the league in rushing yards per game (48.7) and their offensive line has the lowest pass block win rate (16%) by any team through the first three games of a season since ESPN first tracked that in 2017. Becton was a free agent after the Chargers released him in the offseason, one year after signing him to a two-year, $20 million contract in 2025. The six-year veteran battled injuries throughout the 2025 season and voiced his frustration with the Chargers at one point last November. The 6-foot-7, 363-pound Becton appeared in 15 games -- 14 starts -- last season with the Chargers. However, he ranked as the 49th-worst guard in pass block win rate (91.2%) and the third-worst lineman (127th) in run block win rate (63.4%). Becton, 27, played just 72% of snaps in 2025 and played 100% of snaps in only six games. He missed two games, one with a concussion and another because of a knee injury. (Becton sat out the Chargers' final regular-season game with other starters.) He was also regularly rotated in games; a move the team said was to protect him from injury. Becton struggled through four injury-plagued seasons playing offensive tackle in New York before enjoying a revival in 2024 with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who moved him to guard. ESPN's Kris Rhim contributed to this report.