Jake Fisher?

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-20-2016, 06:59 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Coming out of college, Ogbuehi had some technical problems and needed coaching. He had little to no playing time last year and from my understanding they viewed Ogbuehi as the future LT.

Another reason why they may not have started Fisher over Ogbuehi is because they may have viewed Fisher as a replacement for Zeitler due to Fisher getting some snaps as a guard in college. While I have no proof of that, it would not surprise me if that was a thought.

Also it could be because they didn't want to hurt Ogbuehi's confidence by starting someone drafted later than him. Ogbuehi does have potential. He has a ton of qualities you want it a tackle. But his technique is lacking. His hands are his biggest issue, along with some lower body strength as he tends to have happy feet rather than anchor into the ground.

Right, but like you alluded to in your prior post, Jake doesn't quit.  If Fisher had been splitting time with Winston all along, we may already have a better developed Fisher by now.  This is how I've viewed them since the draft, Fish at RT, Ogbuehi at LT.  If the kid gets his confidence hurt because we didn't want to play him out of position and he couldn't supplant Whit, (who the hell could?) then I am even more worried about him.

I realize what you're saying is speculation as far as the confidence goes, but this was a terrible decision in my opinion.  If they were concerned about his confidence, they could have simply explained his lack of preparation due to injury has him a year behind instead of getting Dalton and the RBs pancaked.  Seems to me, his terrible performance may be a bigger confidence buster than sitting the bench another year.  He was horrible.  Fisher is at least serviceable, Ogbuehi wasn't even that.