A New Jackson Carman?

[SunsetBengal]

(05-02-2023, 10:12 AM)ochocincos Wrote: The way this is written implies a player can play any position assigned if they just "put in the work."
If that's what you meant to imply, I would disagree.
Not every player has the athletic/size capability to play any position assigned, no matter how hard they try.
And/or they are not able to figure out what to do to improve and the coaches are either giving them bad advice or not much advice at all.

I will say this...
If the Bengals truly wanted to have the 5 best OL out there without dealing with a learning curve for Williams/Carman/Ford, they could put Brown back at RT for this season only and have LT covered with Carman/Williams.
That, IMO, would be truly getting the best 5 OL on the field.
I know they promised Brown he'd get to stay at LT, but by doing so does add risk for the RT position.

For OL, with respect to Carman, I feel like he is physically capable of playing any one of 4 spots save for Center.  Center takes not just a specialized physical skill set, but a certain leadership quality to be the commander of the blocking calls.  Jackson didn't get benched at Guard for getting physically blown up, it was missing calls and being out of position, and that may not have been all of his fault.  There was a good deal of miscommunication on the OL that season, as we had a liability at Center, heck even Reilly Reiff ended up out of position on several occasions.