PhinfanBo1
Scout Team
Right now, this is what I think is going to happen. First of all, Jamie Nails is the key to all of this. He IS one of the top five lineman on this football team, and I think by the end of training camp we will be looking at him as the 2nd best guy, behind Todd Wade. If Nails keeps it up, he is going to start at LG; Mark Dixon or no Mark Dixon. Nails is playing great, and he fits what Norv Turner wants to do here as well as anybody. Wannstedt compares him to Nate Newton, and Tony Wise just keeps praising him. What I think they will do with Dixon is try him out at Left Tackle. Not necessarily as a starter, just toss him into the mix and see if he can beat out Brent Smith and Marcus Spriggs. If he can, great, we'll have a great starter at that left tackle spot, and two good backups. If not, then Dixon can backup the tackle, and the left guard spots.
As far as the rest of the line goes, Todd Perry is not the lineman Leon Searcy is. Searcy is healthy, confident and he is coming on strong. Searcy and Nails are perfect for this type of offense, and they should do a great job. Having Perry, or maybe Perry and Dixon (if he doesn't hold down the Left Tackle spot) as backups would be great for this football team. Center, we all know about with Ruddy who is playing pretty good football, and Mckinney behind him.
All in all, things are starting to come together very nicely up front. Like I said, unless Smith or Spriggs comes on strong in the practices against Tampa Bay, and then the game, expect Dixon to slide over and be given a shot at that spot. He wouldn't be handed the starting job.
I want to know what you guys think is going to happen up front...
As far as the rest of the line goes, Todd Perry is not the lineman Leon Searcy is. Searcy is healthy, confident and he is coming on strong. Searcy and Nails are perfect for this type of offense, and they should do a great job. Having Perry, or maybe Perry and Dixon (if he doesn't hold down the Left Tackle spot) as backups would be great for this football team. Center, we all know about with Ruddy who is playing pretty good football, and Mckinney behind him.
All in all, things are starting to come together very nicely up front. Like I said, unless Smith or Spriggs comes on strong in the practices against Tampa Bay, and then the game, expect Dixon to slide over and be given a shot at that spot. He wouldn't be handed the starting job.
I want to know what you guys think is going to happen up front...