Best Camp Battles

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(05-22-2020, 09:12 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The biggest camp battel should be at OG.

-I like Jordan's potential, but he has to show a lot of improvement before he earns a spot.  Just ask Price how much it means to come into training camp as a presumptive starter.

-Xavier has been a back up since being cut by the Titans in 2017.  I have heard the argument about how he is a better "scheme fit", but the fact is that we signed him for back up money.  After we released Miller he got signed for more money than we gave Su'a-Filo.  I hope he is an upgrade, but I have to see it first.

-Fred Johnson was an OG with the Stealers.  He played two meaningless games against two of the worst pass rushing teams n the league.   I have not seen so much hype over so little production since Christian Westerman.  People crucify Redmond for being a "penalty machine" but Johnson had two false starts in less than two games.

-Hart can play OG if Johnson does start at RT.  A lot of people are still judging Hart based on 2018 instead of 2019.

-Price has shown nothing yet, but he was a first round pick for a reason and will probably be given a fair shot at starting at OG.

-Bengals paid Redmond $2.2 million to return.  I don't see him starting, but The Bengals must like something about him, and i think EVERYONE will be given a chance.  And there are so many questions about everyone fighting for these spots that ANYTHING is possible.

The way I see it 3 of the 5 spots on the O-line are wide open for competition.

Scrolled to see if anyone said it before replying, but this is it.  There wasn't an "other" option, but the battle for RG is not only the biggest camp battle, but one of the most important.  

You made it more of "OG" instead of "RG", so I will drill it down a bit more:  I think Michael Jordan is our starting LG.  They really like him and he came back from injury to play very well down the stretch, and it wasn't like he had an all-pro playing on his left side.  Although I agree with the sentiment about being handed a job, I feel this is different as he has earned it.  

The RG spot is wide open:  I could see any one of XSF, Johnson, Akeem Adeniji (who I think I will now call AA), or Price.  That's a load of options and competition improves the breed.  If I had to bet, I think it will be XSF as he is on a somewhat of a prove-it deal and has a chance to start.  His strengths are kind of the opposite of what we had there and maybe is simply a better scheme fit.  I think AA will be given every chance to earn the RG spot, however, much like Jordan won LG a year ago.  Price would be first off the bench at Center/G and Johnson first off the bench at OT.  

As time goes on, I think Larry Warford's price will drop.  If he can sign a one-year prove it for around $5 million (instead of the $7 million he made last year), then that makes XSF expendable...although I have no idea his cap ramifications.  Perhaps it is someone else that gets cut to make space but if you knock off the $3 million of XSF, it make $5 million seem less impossible, given the desire to still extend Mixon and Green.