bonethug0180

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He actually wasn’t bad at all

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I know he wasn't, and I know it was partially due to injury and partially because of the move.

I just found it funny he immediately validated my stance with his opening statement while then trying to contradict it. xD

Fuaga will be more than fine at RT.

I have no issue going OL in the first round. My issue, which you've partially hit on, is moving Fuaga yet again. He was a very good LT in 2024. He had a down year compared to last at RT, but still a good year overall (some of this was due to injury). Now you want to draft another tackle and move him again?

People think it's really no big deal to move guys around, but left side to right is a HUGE difference in stance. Tackle to guard is a difference in stance and a HUGE difference in technique. It's extremely different playing on the outside than in.

This is the whole reason Peat had so many struggles because they tried to force him so long to play the right side and his body could never adjust. He moved back to the left and his play immediately improved. He eventually even got used to playing inside at LG instead of outside at LT (while he was an okay LT (faaaaaaaar better than RT or RG) he had issues with the speed rushers which is why they tried to move him to the right side to begin with).

So no, while there is "projection" Fuaga would make an elite guard there is zero guarantee he would actually be even a decent guard. It's a HUGE risk and you are risking wasting yet another pick by drafting someone else to play tackle yet again.

Draft someone who is actually an elite guard. Don't take a huge, idiotic swing and draft a tackle at the top. It isn't worth the risk.

The first 2 yes.

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Young QB that has shown some potential.

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This one no.

They also do have a very nice defense, though they are lacking in a couple of spots.

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Fuaga was not good at RT this year.

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So if that's true that only goes to support the quit moving guys around thing since he played very well at LT last year. You are killing your own argument.

So basically not in MANY years has it worked, and that was many Oline coaches ago.

Also, Strief was RT in college, and was only successful for us at RT. Evans was a raw prospect at a small college.

Peppers had an insanely long, productive career, much like Cam. Super rare he missed a game too, just like Cam (4 his rookie year and 2 another year for Peppers).

Cam just needs to play for 2 more years to equal how long Peppers played. Probably won't hit his 159.5 sacks though, but if he could get to 145+ it puts him on rare air.

Okay name a guy we switched his position from college and he played well there.

Only one that eventually worked out okay was Peat finally settling at LG after CLEARLY never working out on the right side (yet being forced to play RT and RG for large periods), having been exclusively a LT in college. And that only took how many years?

I was limiting the talk to what he did on offense, because his value as a returner has always been obvious, though I don't think that will up his contract value as much as what he can do as a receiver.

It's definitely a plus, but not what gets you paid.

Not likely to be a guard worth the pick at 8 (if we stay put), and we should NOT attempt yet another position switch with the guys we have, because that has largely not worked with any of them to this point.

You go bpa at 8 and get a guard in round 2 (or trade up into round 1 for the best one at the back end).

He rarely played at down DE though. He was largely coming in as an OLB, standing up way more than not.

Last week was an exception, and his production dipped due to it.

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But yes, he rushed from that spot way more than not, so edge rusher would be an accurate description.

We need to not try to keep making tackles play guard, guards play tackle, and centers play guard and vice versa. Fuaga is an excellent tackle. Leave him be.