08-14-2023, 02:51 PM
(08-14-2023, 01:33 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Scharping was a rather solid starting OL with HOU, but that was primarily when he was playing LG.
He hasn't done as well playing RG, both in HOU and CIN.
As for Ford, he's pretty much played exclusively inside the past few years, so it's probably needing some adjustment to go back to RT again.
The last time he was at RT was his rookie year in 2019, in which he had 684 reps at RT, 55 at RG. During that year, he allowed 7 sacks, 31 total pressures. Might be better than we saw Adeniji last year (4 sacks, 23 total pressures on 418 snaps), but not close to even a decent starter...
Ok, so that leaves us with:
Carman who can only play LT
Scharping who can only play LG
Ford who can only play RT, maybe
None of those sound like good options especially when you need some versatility. After this first preseason game, I would want to take a longer look at Smith, Brown and Gilliam as potential #2s
