(07-10-2024, 08:10 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-10-2024, 07:48 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Training camp and preseason will reveal a lot of this. I don't think Baalke and Co. will rest on just Morse as the primary with incompetent back-up's behind him. Fortner should have a fire lit under his [BLEEP] though at this point. 

Once rosters start trimming down across the league though I wouldn't be surprised if Baalke makes his annual trade for an offensive lineman that can help out. I think he's done it every year now if you factor in Hance, Cleveland and potentially this summer.

If Fortner is not good enough to be a backup, he shouldn't be on the team.

Agreed. It'll be interesting if Cooper pushes him out of that back-up role. I still have "some" hope for Fortner. As we all should. He was a 3rd RD investment. I still feel his most natural position is RG though. He was a 5th year senior at Kentucky I believe and he only played the Center position his final year. 

Still very much a greenhorn there when he entered the NFL. Good chance he gets work in behind Scherff this summer and preseason at RG. This then makes him and Hodges potentially interchangeable when and if needed in swing positions. I actually like what this competition for the whole group looks like.

You have Walker Little duking it out with Javon Foster more than likely as the primary swing tackle. You'll now have Fortner and Hodges duking it out with primary swing Center & Guard duties. 

Was wrong earlier about Hance. We didn't trade for him. I was thinking of Van Lanen I think out of Green Bay instead. Either way, historically, Baalke will try and patch up a weakness via trade or free agency before or mid regular season. He has a tendency to do this.

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