La'El Collins opt out

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(02-20-2023, 12:38 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: The "potential" for him to improve is all well and good but, worst case, depth is needed at that position. If you get a chance to improve a position, you improve a position. 

If he ends up looking better next TC, great. I'll be super happy. He has quite a bit of work to do.

This is what worries me.

I hear some advocating for a rookie to come in and start while Collins recovers.
OL is one of the hardest positions to play well immediately as a rookie.

Volson did ok, but he was horrendous the first part of the season.
He eventually got to arguably serviceable by the end of the season.
Definitely not what I would consider an above-average starter yet.

Do fans want to risk a rookie OT starting in place of Collins while he recovers, knowing that the likelihood a rookie is going to play well in the first half of their rookie season is low?

I can understand wanting to get someone to groom for a year or two, but people expecting that a rookie is going to come in and play well right from the get-go at one of the toughest positions on offense is arguably unrealistic.