02-12-2017, 01:44 AM
I feel like Westerman is in a bad spot with fans, as it's not so much about him but how the team does things. We really don't know what he has done at the NFL level besides a few pre season snaps. I think a lot of us are worried they will literally hand him the RG job with only TJ Johnson and maybe another mid-late round pick to compete against. The team's biggest responsibility is to at least return the same talent level and if anything IMPROVE, not let a top 10 guard walk and plug in an untested player drafted in the 5th, regardless of if we or even Paul Alexander thinks he can start.
To get back to the playoffs and beyond, you really need at least 4 stable starters and if anything competition for the last. Westerman has the athleticism that seems to fit best at LG not vs a NT, though us fans hope for him to unseat the weakest current starter (center Bodine) and Westerman currently plays RG. So who knows where his best fit is, but talent wise, I'd lump Bodine, Westerman and Ogbuehi together and call any plan for two of them to be counted on to start as a bad one. So if Whit, Boling, Zeitler and Fisher start you then debate what to do with the other starter spot. Maybe Boling or Westerman slide to center, that or Bodine or Ogbuehi continue to start. Either way, I want Westerman as an option to compete, not given a starter spot.
To get back to the playoffs and beyond, you really need at least 4 stable starters and if anything competition for the last. Westerman has the athleticism that seems to fit best at LG not vs a NT, though us fans hope for him to unseat the weakest current starter (center Bodine) and Westerman currently plays RG. So who knows where his best fit is, but talent wise, I'd lump Bodine, Westerman and Ogbuehi together and call any plan for two of them to be counted on to start as a bad one. So if Whit, Boling, Zeitler and Fisher start you then debate what to do with the other starter spot. Maybe Boling or Westerman slide to center, that or Bodine or Ogbuehi continue to start. Either way, I want Westerman as an option to compete, not given a starter spot.
