Quote: jagherd, what do you think the chances are for Andrew Whitworth to move to one of the Guard positions in 2017? Though Whitworth has aged very well comparatively speaking, the combination of the youth at Tackle that you mentioned, age likely to catch up with Whitworth in the next 1 to 4 seasons, and he seems to have the body type to perform well at Guard all come to mind as reasons it could make sense to keep him around. Especially, when also factoring in his excellent leadership skills.

I'd say it's a decent possibility of him moving to guard. A couple seasons ago, Whitworth was actually moved to LG for a couple games (I think it was a couple) due to injuries on their interior line. Their depth player was basically only a Tackle, so they swung Whitworth to guard and played the depth guy at LT.


I thought he was awesome at guard. He was mauling people in the run game. He did have slight trouble with some pulls, but it wasn't that bad.


Whitworth was pretty upset when they drafted young tackles. He publicly made some statements about it. However, he came out last season and really looked great.


If he does end up staying with Cincy for his career, a move to guard is possible. The probability of that? Idk.

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