05-01-2024, 01:56 PM
(05-01-2024, 08:31 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Well using two of the very best tackles to make a point is one thing, now list the tackles who were moved to guard and floundered (nevermind, you'll still be typing tomorrow)
Dax Hill was drafted to play safety and Lou has had him learning all the positions. This year he is evidently going to be a corner.
As far as Mims goes, make him the right tackle and be done with it. OBJ is playing the left side. We have Brown for as long as he lasts this year on the right side. I still say Mims needs to concentrate on being up to speed at that position and not dicking around trying to learn to play guard. Especially considering his low snap count in college. He's statistically too tall to be a good guard, as D linemen will constantly get under him. Yes, there are outliers like Whit, but they are few and far between. We need tackles, not guards. If we need a guard, then sign a guard. KISS is the way to go. I swear, it's like people signing Burrow because we needed a QBm then wanting to give him snaps at TE.
You make good points Sled, but you also have to look at the player. Mims has great balance and can get low better than about anybody
his size. I agree on taking a Guard that is out there, Connor Williams, Dalton Risner (our new coach has a history with this guy) Andrus
Peat are all out there.
With Trent Brown's injury history on top of everything you say in the end I just keep Mims at backup RT like you say.
