(02-21-2022, 11:27 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: You are assuming Cam would go straight to RT before the competition starts. Robinson held off Little for the LT spot last season, maybe it happens again. I don't know. Lets see how things play out. Would it be so bad if Robinson starts at LT and Little starts out playing RT in 2022? I don't think so. Why do so many people act like it's the end of the world if Little isn't installed at LT right away? IMO, he didn't play enough last season to prove that he is an NFL LT. That's what I want to find out this season via an open competition for the starting LT spot.

I don't know that anyone could say that with any confidence, given Urbz' apprehension to play any freshmen rookies early on.

I agree that Little's evaluation is incomplete; in spite of that, I can't tag a guy who might be good enough to outplay him at the spot. And if this competition drags into preseason, you have to play someone at RT - you're either playing the other competitor, Taylor, or paid someone else to come in and fill the spot. Flip-flopping guys is going to skew the evaluation (either one is blocking second stringers, not as fresh as the guy who started the game at the spot), or the inconsistency proves detrimental to evaluating the other players on the field. If TLaw is getting hammered by a turnstile holding down RT while the LT competition settles itself, you're doing a disservice to the rest of the team.

We criticize our owner for being indecisive or at the very least passive in his decision-making, but advocate that the head coach take this same approach? Evaluate, decide, and move forward.

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