Josh Myers sees ‘a lot to prove’ after injuries…

“It was a year with a lot of ups and downs,” Myers said. “I learned a lot about myself this season and just how to battle back, but I think I can take those experiences and learn from them and be better in the future.”

In many respects, Myers’ rookie season on the field progressed through three stages of growth.

First, he learned the playbook through OTAs with young quarterback Jordan Love at the controls while Aaron Rodgers was away from the team.

Then, he got a crash course through training camp in how Rodgers does things, drawing a rebuke on occasion if a delayed shotgun snap threw off the timing of the offense. But as the regular season got rolling, Rodgers spoke of how much he trusted him.

And finally, after the long layoff and with the postseason on the horizon, Myers said Rodgers put him “through the absolute ringer of calls and situations and the operation that we go through.”

Myers passed every test and was prepared at every turn, which bodes well for Year 2 provided another run of tough injury luck doesn’t await.

“I’m just looking forward to a healthy season,” he said. “I just felt like I didn’t have any flow to this season. I was in and out and that was frustrating. So I’m just looking forward to a year of getting to go out there and play a full season and learn from it.”

Myers is one of three promising young Packers linemen who would appear to have bigger and better things ahead. Rookie fourth-round pick Royce Newman started 16 games at right guard this past season, while 2020 sixth-rounder Jon Runyan started 16 plus the playoff game at left guard.

Myers sees the potential for the group to “stick together” for a while. But none of the three is considered to have fully arrived just yet, least of all Myers with not quite half a season’s worth of games under his belt.

“I think I still have a lot to prove,” he said, “and I’m excited to get the opportunity to do that next year.”