Adeniji out for the year.....

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(06-22-2021, 04:28 PM)CanadianBengal Wrote: I wasn't suggesting shuffling the deck. I was suggesting competition to win a spot. You can have a stable starting line-up AND depth. You don't need to mix up the line. Camp can be used to name your starters and allow them to grow together. Biggest risk for this team right now is an injury to an OT. Can't count on Fred Johnson and if they need to move Carmen then that is undercutting your point about stability as now you have changes at two positions. The way you state it --sounds like Carmen is on the bench and not starting LG.

Washington signed two veteran OT's this off-season and cut Moses who was earning over 8.6  mil as a salary cap move. So Cosmi has to beat out a vet to get a job which means they either have a vet on the bench or Cosmi on the bench. We have Fred and a fourth rounder.  

 
In your earlier post, you talked about the loser of the T battle jumping over to G.  So that's 7-8 different 1st team OL combinations you have to work out with limited padded practices and 1 fewer preseason game.  The line won't develop continuity that way.  

If Carman is the 2nd team RT, he will be working next to and developing continuity with the 2nd team RG who will be moving into the lineup if Carman has to slide out.  

Most 4th round draft picks on the OL play.  Last year, 9 of 11 4th round OL played, with 7 of those playing 100+ snaps.  Of the two that didn't, one went on IR at the end of TC.  Only Logan Stenberg, who struggled in Lions camp and was inactive most of the year, was healthy and didn't see the field.  A 4th round pick as a backup is not a reason to hit the panic button.  Fred has looked ok at LT, though he sucked at RG and RT.  

Besides which, why would Moses sign here to enter a dogfight with Reiff for a starting job when he can just wait for somebody to get hurt and guarantee himself a starting job and a shot at a big payday in '22 when the cap goes up?  It makes no business sense for him to sign here with the current situation.