(03-26-2020, 02:52 PM)Upper Wrote:

(03-26-2020, 11:07 AM)Kane Wrote: Wirfs played 30 games at RT and 4 at LT.
If you can plug and play Wirfs at G and he's as good as some of the best guards in the league, why not play him there?

Even IF he can play tackle, why not let him start at guard and then move to tackle when/if you move on from Cam.
Or let them openly compete for the job with the loser sliding to guard?

Lance Zeirlein at NFL.com puts him as a RT or G. And comps him to Bryan Bulaga.
3 out 4 guys at The Draft Network essentially slot him as a guard (or RT) with one comp being CAM ROBINSON
Daniel Jeremiah projects Wirfs as an elite guard prospect.

What do you know that they don't? PFF grades? People need to stop going to the site man lol
Taylor is our RT, for at least another couple seasons. So if you like Wirfs and want him on the roster, he's going to start at RG, the only spot on the line that was in flux last season.
If you're looking for a Cam Robinson replacement/upgrade you should be hoping for Becton, Jones, or maybe Wills (though he only played RT, it was the blindside of Tua's offense)

Why pigeon hole him into guard if he has the tools to also be excellent at much more valuable positions? Try him at tackle first and if he fails then move him. No one disagrees that he would be a great guard.

Cam has been very bad for his whole career and Taylor was slightly better but still very not good last year. I'm not rushing out to replace Taylor after his rookie season but I am also not against moving him to guard if we landed a far superior prospect like Wirfs. It's not near the priority Cam is.

Lastly, whoever compared him to Cam should be shot into the sun. You could force Wirfs to play in an astronaut suit and he would still be more athletic than Cam.

That's not true. He had a rookie year which he wasn't bad (only 2 sacks allowed). Then tore an ACL. And had a year that he wasn't really good but was still coming back from said ACL. And PFF has given him average grades over his 32 games. Not poor ones. Cam's biggest issue, imo, is penalties. Which I think comes with maturity and time.
Taylor was a rookie last year and improved greatly over the final 8 games.

If you can have a guy come in and be a pro bowler at G or "give him a shot at OT" I'd take the pro bowler
And Lance Zierlein comp'd him to Cam Robinson

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