Playing on the offensive line is a tough and thankless job, where it’s often better to blend in and not be seen. For Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Jason Spriggs, the 2017 preseason has been all about standing out for the wrong reasons.

A few bad plays here and there and the whole thing looks terrible. That’s just life as a lineman. But the bad plays keep piling up for Spriggs.

His struggles started early in the preseason opener against the Eagles and continued into Saturday night’s road game in Washington.

Let’s first rewind to the opener.

On a second-quarter sack, Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett attacked Spriggs’ hands and quickly engaged, knocking him off-balance and allowing the rookie rusher to win inside. Easy sack. Spriggs was served a decisive defeat at the point of attack, and he didn’t have the strength to handle the power move or the recovery quickness to wall off the inside.

Later, a trio of failed screen plays provided more bad looks for the left tackle.

Twice, Barnett “won” around the edge. Screen plays are designed to let the defensive line fire up the field, but Spriggs failed to keep Barnett from turning the corner. Both times, the immediate pressure messed with the timing and blew up the play.

On a third screen, Barnett got into Spriggs’ chest and knocked him off-balance with his hands. It allowed the rookie to go right around him and pressure the quarterback.

He also struggled in the run game. In the second half of the opener, Spriggs released to the second level on a zone run to his side. He engaged Eagles safety Terrence Brooks, who easily slipped off the block and dumped Aaron Jones for a loss.

Nothing changed on Saturday night. If anything, it got worse.

On Spriggs’ first play, a protection issue allowed a free rusher off the left side. The Redskins registered an easy sack, largely because the Packers didn’t have the blockers set up to handle the blitz. Spriggs chose the inside rusher, but his decision left a free path to the quarterback for the outside linebacker. He had no great option.

Later, Spriggs nearly cost the Packers a big play. He got whipped around the edge on Brett Hundley’s 38-yard completion to Jeff Janis. The rusher beat him off the ball and Spriggs didn’t have the quickness to recover in time.

Spriggs did make up for it later in the drive when he worked off an inside rusher and knocked the outside rusher off his path on Hundley’s touchdown pass to Aaron Jones. But on the Packers’ next series, Spriggs got beat again when the Redskins sent an overload blitz. Again, he didn’t have the awareness or quickness to get to the edge blitzer.

One of his worst moments of the preseason came on the first drive of the second half. On 3rd-and-long, Spriggs allowed the edge rusher to get under his pads and turn the corner. Predictably, the play ended with Spriggs’ man sacking Hundley and halting the drive.

But he wasn’t done.

On Joe Callahan’s second drive, Spriggs got beat to the inside after getting caught leaning to the outside. Callahan had no chance to get the ball off before he was sacked.

The worrisome part of Spriggs’ start to 2017 is he’s getting beat in a bunch of different ways. He’s losing the hand battle. He’s losing against power. He’s losing against speed. He’s getting beat to the outside and the inside. His technique is sloppy and inconsistent.

What’s wrong with Spriggs? Just about everything right now.