GREEN BAY, Wis. -- All was finally right with the Green Bay Packers' offensive line when it took the field at U.S. Bank Stadium last month. For the first time all season, the five preferred starters would line up one next to the other.

From left tackle David Bakhtiari to right tackle Bryan Bulaga -- and with Lane Taylor, Corey Linsley and Jahri Evans in between at left guard, center and right guard, respectively -- they were all there for the start of the Week 6 game at Minnesota.

It lasted all of 15 plays.

Just when Bakhtiari and Bulaga were lining up together for the first time all season, Taylor limped off early in the second quarter after someone rolled into his left knee and ankle -- an injury that would knock him out for the rest of the game and the following week against the New Orleans Saints.

With the bye week to rest, there’s a chance the starting five will be back together once again -- perhaps even for longer than just a quarter. Taylor was back on the field for practice this week when the players returned from the break, a good sign that he and the rest of the starting line will be intact on Monday Night Football against the Lions.

“I’m hopeful, but that’s what the week of practice is for,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.

“Yes, it’ll be great to have those five guys. We’ve talked about this time and time again that the best offensive lines are the ones that line up and practice and play together week in and week out.”

That idea was wrecked from the start when Bulaga rolled his right ankle during an Aug. 23 training camp practice. He didn’t play again until Sept. 24 against the Bengals, a game he couldn’t finish. He missed the next game as well. Bakhtiari pulled a hamstring in the regular-season opener and didn’t play again until the Minnesota game.

When Taylor was inactive against the Saints on Oct. 22, it ensured the Packers would start their seventh different offensive line combination in as many games this season.

The group that has played the most snaps together featured Kyle Murphy at left tackle and Justin McCray at right tackle with Taylor, Linsley and Evans in the middle. And even that unit didn’t reach the 90-play mark. They had just 89 snaps together.

Still, that blows away the 15 snaps out of 433 total offensive plays this season that the No. 1 line has played.

Now more than ever, with backup quarterback Brett Hundley in Aaron Rodgers’ place, stability up front is vital.

“Being healthy is key,” Bakhtiari said. “The bye week was definitely nice, especially with how banged up we were. Us offensive linemen, we were pretty much limping into this bye week. I think that’s big, too. Our goal with a quarterback like that, with having Brett, if we can give him some comfort in the pocket, get the running game going, it’d be very big for him.”

It also could help the running game, although rookie Aaron Jones has done just fine over the past four games with 362 yards and three touchdowns on just 62 carries.

“When we get this offensive line together, it’s only going to get better,” Linsley said. “As soon as we get a rhythm going in these games, especially with Aaron Jones running behind our full offensive line, I have the utmost confidence.”

This was always going to be a season of change on the offensive line with the departure of Pro Bowl guard T.J. Lang, who signed with the Lions in free agency. But the Packers hoped the addition of a veteran like Evans would allow for a seamless transition. It turned out almost everyone around Evans has battled an injury or two.

In that regard, this might be the first chance for this line group to show what it can do.

“It’s a matter of one, being healthy enough to do it, and two, going out there and showing it,” Bakhtiari said. “Nothing is given in this league -- everything’s earned. So for us to go out and earn what we think is capable of our group, and the nice thing, we’re going to have some fun. Not having 12 [Rodgers] is terrible. But, I mean, everybody knows that you’re not going to be throwing as much. So it’s kind of a chance for us to pin our ears back and attack. At the end of the day, you have 12 out there, you’re going to want to put the ball in the hands of the best player in the league as much as you can. Here’s [a chance to] take a little bit off of Brett, that’d be nice.”