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Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
Poe has also played LG. I think these 5 give us our best chance this season. So whatever combo of these 5 would be fine with me.
Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
Poe has also played LG. I think these 5 give us our best chance this season. So whatever combo of these 5 would be fine with me.
The only problem I see is you are shifting around 3 guys from the positions they have gotten the bulk of their snaps at in OTA/TC, 3 weeks before the season starts.
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
Poe has also played LG. I think these 5 give us our best chance this season. So whatever combo of these 5 would be fine with me.
The only problem I see is you are shifting around 3 guys from the positions they have gotten the bulk of their snaps at in OTA/TC, 3 weeks before the season starts.
You could just move Burford outside and have Poe at RG. That would only be 1 shift.
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
I don't like Banks moving back and forth after he talked about how much more comfortable he is. Personally that's a whole lot of unknown with only pre-season performance to judge. I would feel real uncomfortable with this situation.
Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
I don't like Banks moving back and forth after he talked about how much more comfortable he is. Personally that's a whole lot of unknown with only pre-season performance to judge. I would feel real uncomfortable with this situation.
Originally posted by father49er:
We have MM, Moore, and Brunskill injured. All are RT options. Know when these guys are expecting to return?
Originally posted by Sickaa:
Originally posted by father49er:
We have MM, Moore, and Brunskill injured. All are RT options. Know when these guys are expecting to return?
I think MM and Moore are questionable for week 1. I'm not sure about Brunskill.
"You always wish you had more experience," Shanahan said. "You always wish you had just five Pro Bowlers in there who have been playing a while, but this is part of the league. Losing a good player like Laken [Tomlinson this offseason] in free agency, we had to step up and get some guys.
"I'm excited for [Aaron] Banks and what he's done this offseason. I was excited to get a guy in here like [Spencer] Burford in the [fourth round], with his ability and stuff, that he has the ability to at least start at that position. And then just having guys like Dan Brunskill, who's done it here for the last few years as a solid guy that we can rely on and put in there at any time if those guys aren't ready to go.
"And then I like some of these young guys who have been competing here since we've gotten them. It's still not settled yet. We'll see how this game ends up, how these next 17 days go, and hopefully, we'll get Mike [McGlinchey] back. And hopefully, Jaylon Moore will be healthy. And I'm hoping we'll have a group of nine guys that we know are going to have to help us throughout the year. But it's definitely nice having Trent there over on the left side."
Originally posted by NCommand:
It sounds like Kyle is hoping as much as we are (from the HP). Also, it sounds like we'll keep 9 OL.
"You always wish you had more experience," Shanahan said. "You always wish you had just five Pro Bowlers in there who have been playing a while, but this is part of the league. Losing a good player like Laken [Tomlinson this offseason] in free agency, we had to step up and get some guys.
"I'm excited for [Aaron] Banks and what he's done this offseason. I was excited to get a guy in here like [Spencer] Burford in the [fourth round], with his ability and stuff, that he has the ability to at least start at that position. And then just having guys like Dan Brunskill, who's done it here for the last few years as a solid guy that we can rely on and put in there at any time if those guys aren't ready to go.
"And then I like some of these young guys who have been competing here since we've gotten them. It's still not settled yet. We'll see how this game ends up, how these next 17 days go, and hopefully, we'll get Mike [McGlinchey] back. And hopefully, Jaylon Moore will be healthy. And I'm hoping we'll have a group of nine guys that we know are going to have to help us throughout the year. But it's definitely nice having Trent there over on the left side."
Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Williams- Poe- Brendel- Banks- Burford
Would not be mad about that. Although keep Banks at LG. Poe has already been playing RG anyhow.
I don't like Banks moving back and forth after he talked about how much more comfortable he is. Personally that's a whole lot of unknown with only pre-season performance to judge. I would feel real uncomfortable with this situation.
I agree that moving relatively inexperienced players around is not ideal. Until proven otherwise, I'm going to go with the assumption that the staff has looked at enough tape, and seen enough in practice that they are confident the current positions are the best fit for these guys.
Burford would appear to be a forced exception if MMc is going to be on the shelf for a while. Brunskill has proven to be the best option at OT but has been playing other positions due to need. Of course, he is now out for a while as well.
All that having been said, I am a fan of cross-training. It allows each player to become more familiar with what the guy next to them is supposed to do and how to do it. So there is that...
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by NCommand:
It sounds like Kyle is hoping as much as we are (from the HP). Also, it sounds like we'll keep 9 OL.
"You always wish you had more experience," Shanahan said. "You always wish you had just five Pro Bowlers in there who have been playing a while, but this is part of the league. Losing a good player like Laken [Tomlinson this offseason] in free agency, we had to step up and get some guys.
"I'm excited for [Aaron] Banks and what he's done this offseason. I was excited to get a guy in here like [Spencer] Burford in the [fourth round], with his ability and stuff, that he has the ability to at least start at that position. And then just having guys like Dan Brunskill, who's done it here for the last few years as a solid guy that we can rely on and put in there at any time if those guys aren't ready to go.
"And then I like some of these young guys who have been competing here since we've gotten them. It's still not settled yet. We'll see how this game ends up, how these next 17 days go, and hopefully, we'll get Mike [McGlinchey] back. And hopefully, Jaylon Moore will be healthy. And I'm hoping we'll have a group of nine guys that we know are going to have to help us throughout the year. But it's definitely nice having Trent there over on the left side."
Yup. I read that earlier too.