4 hours ago, AZ54 said:

Theo moved to LT today with the first string. Wills and Amegadjie started taking reps at RT. IMO that confirms who our swing tackle will be.

It also tells me the coaches are feeling good about Ozzy. That’s not to say Ozzy will be ready to start week one. I think it indicates they will need or want him to have a roster spot on the 53. IIRC he can’t go back on the PUP so that would mean IR designated to return. Which is out at least 6weeks? If they feel he’ll be ready to play sooner than that I think he stays a game day inactive for a few weeks.

All of that to say they don’t have a lot of confidence in Braxton, nor the other options, and want their best backup options available sooner than later.

I wouldn’t even rule out trading Braxton soon.

This is how I've seen that group from the beginning.

I said, Benedet is the floor of the group. Some may have wild potential upside, but Benedet is the worst it will get for us at LT, because his worst is the best of the bunch. His worst is serviceable. I dont believe any of the other three are.

And of course i think Trapilo, if he looks like last year, is the obvious best of the bunch if he is available.

But a couple of weeks ago, even when everyone (all the writers) were saying Benedet is out of the competition now, I held true to what I'd seen. I knew that couldn't be correct. And at least as far as the claim that he was out of the running, and only a backup for RT are concerned, thats obviously now proven false.

Will they choose Braxton over Benedet? Remains to be seen, but in my view it's Benedet by a mile.

8 hours ago, AZ54 said:

Theo moved to LT today with the first string. Wills and Amegadjie started taking reps at RT. IMO that confirms who our swing tackle will be.

It also tells me the coaches are feeling good about Ozzy. That’s not to say Ozzy will be ready to start week one. I think it indicates they will need or want him to have a roster spot on the 53. IIRC he can’t go back on the PUP so that would mean IR designated to return. Which is out at least 6weeks? If they feel he’ll be ready to play sooner than that I think he stays a game day inactive for a few weeks.

All of that to say they don’t have a lot of confidence in Braxton, nor the other options, and want their best backup options available sooner than later.

I wouldn’t even rule out trading Braxton soon.

Playing Theo at LT tells me that they really didn't like what they saw at RT. I certainly didn't. He was terrible. IMO, Theo is an OG. IMO x2, I believe Jones is LT 1 until Ozzy is ready. Will Izzy be ready in three weeks, not likely.

I think with Kiran and Wills playing LT , no one stuck out and they are looking at all options. Braxton with Ozzy coming back, probably gets put on the 4 week short list PUP, is their plan. It makes sense to have Theo play some LT if they go with the swing T instead of 4 OTs on the 53.