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(3 hours ago)BengalsBong Wrote: Do not twist it to fit your argument he started at LG not RG.
The guy is 32 years old and has whiffed multiple times on stunts and swim moves the guy is very bad and almost got Joe injured blocking against a rookie and backups in the first preseason game.
If he can't hold his own against them he will get Joe killed against starters. You will most likely see this all on Monday.
Patrick has proven to be a far better NFL guard over the course of his career than Lee & McLaughlin (0 NFL snaps at C combined), who have proven absolutely nothing.
I *hope* Lee & McLauglin become actual NFL caliber players, starters, even. But one guy is currently hurt, a 7th rounder, and has zero NFL snaps at C. The other won the Rimington, but is coming off an Achilles tear last November, and went undrafted. Who knows when, or if, he'll fully recover?
Raym is like a career PS guy as well? Or briefly rostered & not playing?
At guard, we have 3 guys who have actually played in meaningful NFL games at the spot (Patrick, Volson, and Ford) and a rook who was drafted higher than any of the C's in Rivers.
As dismal as the situation is at guard, I think that 3 of the guys there are best served as backups. We'll see on Fairchild, he has a higher ceiling, but has proven nothing.
Still having 3 proven backups is a better situation than C if you take Karras out of the equation.
