La El Collins looks good

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(05-30-2023, 09:06 AM)Sled21 Wrote: I just don't see it this way. He sees himself as a Left Tackle and wants to play left tackle. He lost his job here, so he wanted to see if he could go play left tackle somewhere else. I don't think that is something he should be chastised for. If you work for a construction company and you are an electrician, and all of a sudden, your boss says "we hired a new electrician, so we want you to be a plumber" are you going to criticize that guy for looking for an electrician job elsewhere? 

Now, if he continues to stay here, because he could not find a trade partner, and continues to take his salary, then he should be fully expected to put his head down and work to be the best right tackle he can be. I think he will, but it remains to be seen. 

I'm not sure electrician to plumber is fair.

I would maybe say that they took him off of doing the breaker pannels and told him he's got to start hanging the lighting fixtures because his panels were sloppy and they hired someone better to do it.

I think the "he sees himself" is the part that has me thinking he's got an overinflated sense of himself as a player... but, in fairness, I would say most of the players in the pro sports leagues do as well. He hasn't been consistently good or healthy at LT. To continue to demand playing there or be traded... instead of being up for utilization at a similar apot RT strikes me as crappy.

Full disclosure, I never liked the Williams pick and thought he should have been a G or RT. I have hated watching him flounder about over there and collect a check while being made of plastic. He should have NEVER been a LT in the NFL, but the Bengals needed one badly and he was the pick they made.