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So Who Lines Up At RG against GB in 2 Weeks?

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Pouncy's coming back and will return to his starting center position. So what do we do at guard? Shelly Smith should be healthy. And Samson Satele has played well in Pouncy's absence. Dallas Thomas looked OK against the Raiders, but was not good against KC and in the preseason was awful. Billy Turner's been hurt all year and is a rookie.

I don't think Thomas is an option moving forward. Strictly a "break in case of emergency". Turner is still too green and needs to learn and get stronger. So that's off the table as well. It looks like the real choice here is Satele or Smith.

Satele moving to guard is a risk. But he has been excellent in the middle opening up holes against the nose tackles. Smith was solid in the running game when he played. Pass protection he was average.

So which do you choose?:crazy:
 
Smith...if he is healthy?
 
Not a fan of any option until Billy Turner is healthy

Satele may be preferable to Thomas or Smith though
 
Might still be Dallas Thomas by default. He's still our most healthy RG right now...and probably two weeks from now.
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
Pouncey, with Samson staying at center.
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Completely agree. First, this puts our best 5 linemen on the field. Second, Satele has played well for the most part and the improvement of Pouncey over whoever they pick for G is bigger than Pouncey over Satele or Satele over G. Put the best 5 on the field.
 
I have high hopes for Billy Turner. but, I think its naïve to assume a fcs guy will step in and be good in his rookie season..
 
Lots of people thinking pouncey is an option at guard but he's more fast than strong which is why he's good at center. Also, he doesn't want to play guard.
 
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