I have nothing against Cam playing left tackle if he's the best man for the job and wins out ... And I've nothing against him for expressing his desire to play there either ... but from a purely team building perspective i think he has a bit too much leverage over who plays where in the first five! 

It's a personal opinion, but im never keen on having the team back themselves into a corner where a player has too much leverage over what goes on, on the field. If the level of play is Tom Brady (or, more relevant to this particular situation) a Trent Williams, then you have to accept that situation for the level of performance your getting, otherwise, and with all due respect to Cam, in this situation, id prefer the coaching staff had the whip hand and a degree of flexibility in terms of getting the best line on the field.

At the minute if he puts his foot down at 'left tackle or bust' the coaching staff have their hands tied to a degree over who plays where with only two preferable tackles on the roster. If we can get hold of a decent right tackle in the first couple of rounds ... Well, things change quite a bit in the locker room politics department. Not to mention the fact that youve always the chance of upgrading two positions with one pick if you slide one to guard for a year.

You can play Cam at left tackle, you can throw it open to competition, you can ask him to play RT, ask him to play guard, ask little to shift to RT, put the rookie at guard with an eye on sliding out next season and if Cam decides ultimately he wants to play left tackle and nowhere else the team isnt backed into a corner! I'd trust Pederson to be savvy enough to get the best five guys out there ... As long as we give him enough rope!

Of course the question is (for me anyways) will one of the better tackles get to 24 ... Darnell Wright seems to be the most likely and even that is probably 50/50 at best. 

I think I stated in another thread to NYC is be happy to sit pat on our picks... I'll be honest, Im not always a big one for moving up (generally speaking) but I'm happy to admit thatthe more i think about it the more that on this occasion the closer we get to the draft, for a good right tackle the potential value of the pick means id be happy to make a move up if it came to it.

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