Prediction At Left Guard? La’el Collins’ Role?

dallen said:
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Man playing with children.
 
dallen said:
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This is gonna be really fun.
 
There can only be one DFDC.
 
Jiggyfly said:
Nobody he hit weighed over 230 pounds, I like the tenacity but let's not go overboard.
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He laid every single one of them on the ground... in succession... on one damn play. It's just short of fucking amazing.
 
Collins will eventually work himself in there as a starter. Leary might be a trooper, but his knees may betray him.

It is kind of funny to me.

Had we drafted Collns where he "should" have gone, people would be like OMG.

Now, well, hurrrr, he might have to beat out Leary.

The sad ass sick thing is that the organization seems to think that way.

Leary is short timing it. With his knees and his contract.

Move on.
 
I say let the best man win if he beats out Leary he earned it.

I remember when most people were always bitching about players being given spots because of draft position.

I just don't see the advantage in working through a rookie's growing pains when this season has so much on the line.
 
Thing is, Leary is due some respect, creaky knee and all.
He and Tyron have done some good fucking work. He was
never touted a first rounder .
 
Jiggyfly said:
Ok be amazed if you must.
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He trucked all 3, and was able to get ahold of much smaller players as a lineman. I will be amazed, Leary lover.
 
Jiggyfly said:
I say let the best man win if he beats out Leary he earned it.

I remember when most people were always bitching about players being given spots because of draft position.

I just don't see the advantage in working through a rookie's growing pains when this season has so much on the line.
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That doesn't exactly apply here.
 
boozeman said:
Collins will eventually work himself in there as a starter. Leary might be a trooper, but his knees may betray him.

It is kind of funny to me.

Had we drafted Collns where he "should" have gone, people would be like OMG.

Now, well, hurrrr, he might have to beat out Leary.

The sad ass sick thing is that the organization seems to think that way.

Leary is short timing it. With his knees and his contract.

Move on.
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If we drafted La'El Collins where we drafted Byron Jones or Randy Gregory, I would have towel waved all day. He was always the 1st or Second best lineman prospect IMO.

The Redskins drafted Scherff at 5. Collins at 27 would have been fine, especially since during day 1 you knew he wasn't a real threat in the murder case.
 
boozeman said:
Collins will eventually work himself in there as a starter. Leary might be a trooper, but his knees may betray him.

It is kind of funny to me.

Had we drafted Collns where he "should" have gone, people would be like OMG.

Now, well, hurrrr, he might have to beat out Leary.

The sad ass sick thing is that the organization seems to think that way.

Leary is short timing it. With his knees and his contract.

Move on.
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Collins seems like a humble guy, so not sure why you'd fault the organization for handling it this way.

True, if they spent a 1st rounder on him we'd want him to start right away.

But he is a super-talented UDFA and they can afford to take their time and find the right spot for him.

I believe in letting a guy work in one spot and train specifically for that situation.

But they have the luxury of watching him in TC and seeing for themselves where he fits best, RT or LG.

Of course he's not gonna be the swing tackle for years, but if he's a better RT than LG you have to play him there.

Doug Free or Ronald Leary's feelings shouldn't come in to play.

This guy is a gift from the football Gods. So hopefully they take advantage and find his position of strength then let him compete against whoever's in his way.
 
mcnuttz said:
But they have the luxury of watching him in TC and seeing for themselves where he fits best, RT or LG.

Of course he's not gonna be the swing tackle for years, but if he's a better RT than LG you have to play him there.
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I think this is why we are going to slow play with Collins, he is playing a new spot whether he is at LG or RT, and the long-term plan is obviously for him to start, but we just don't know which spot it will be at. I assume we don't want to pigeonhole him as a LG in case he is our long-term Free replacement with a Smith-Leary-Frederick-Martin-Collins line.

I don't think the team is slow-playing him because he is a "UDFA", it's because we already have an elite OL so there is no real need to make him a starter unless he absolutely dominates the competition, and because we aren't sure whether he will be our long-term LG or RT, it gives us leverage over both Free and Leary in that regard.
 
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