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Why isn't Eichenberg playing RT?

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I'm a great Flores fan, but can someone please enlighten me as to why we draft a highly rated RT who didn't give up a sack and move him to Guard? We seem to continually draft OL and move them to a new position and then question why they aren't solid as rookies. Eichenberg was "plug and play" as a RT! Put him there!
 
I think people here underrate Jesse Davis.

He isn't a stud but in something like over 1,000 snaps the guy gave up one sack.

Now, I do find it discouraging we spent good resources on another potential guard, but I'm not worried about our RT spot in pass protection if Davis starts. At worst he will be average in that area.
 
Jamesw said:
I'm a great Flores fan, but can someone please enlighten me as to why we draft a highly rated RT who didn't give up a sack and move him to Guard? We seem to continually draft OL and move them to a new position and then question why they aren't solid as rookies. Eichenberg was "plug and play" as a RT! Put him there!
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First of all, he played LT at ND, not RT, so it would be a different position either way.

Some players also adjust to switching sides better than others.

Lastly, do we really "continually" move guys? Did we do that with the rookies last year? There is no sense in discussing what prior staffs have done. It's irrelevant anyway, but I think cross training young linemen is common.
 
Jamesw said:
I'm a great Flores fan, but can someone please enlighten me as to why we draft a highly rated RT who didn't give up a sack and move him to Guard? We seem to continually draft OL and move them to a new position and then question why they aren't solid as rookies. Eichenberg was "plug and play" as a RT! Put him there!
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Because Flores knows his ****, and we don’t
 
GhostArmOfMarino said:
I think people here underrate Jesse Davis.

He isn't a stud but in something like over 1,000 snaps the guy gave up one sack.

Now, I do find it discouraging we spent good resources on another potential guard, but I'm not worried about our RT spot in pass protection if Davis starts. At worst he will be average in that area.
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Davis isn't terrible, and he could well be better at RT right now than Eich. That being said, he's also position diverse, and our best chance at backing up every position other than C. I'd rather have Eich at RT (which is where we need him long term) so he can develop there, and Kindley at LG, and Davis ready in case Jackson can't hold up, or one anyone other than Dieter gets injured.
 
The one thing Flores has preached since day 1 is putting the best players on the field. Holland is more than likely our long term option at FS. However, he very well might end up backing up McCourty week 1. Based on that, I would assume our staff feels that Eichenberg at LG and Davis at RT is better than Kindley at LG and Eichenberg or Davis at RT (and the other on the bench).

I understand fans wanting instantaneous results from players, but it’s kind of wild to be so concerned about where rookies line up in TC/preseason. There are 17 regular season games to play this year. It would be pretty safe to assume we will eventually see Eichenberg at RT as Davis has struggled to lock down a starting job his entire Dolphins career.
 
I wonder if he can be a plug and play at LT if Austin continues to struggle?

On another note, I realize the O-line has been concerning throughout camp, but there have also been some good offensive plays mixed in which wouldn't have happened without some average play from the big guys.
 
baffling to me.

the team wants the best five out there come the regular season, and they must think getting him a lot of snaps at LG will assist them in that decision-making process.

if kindley reclaims his starting LG position, i still hold out hope Eich will end up at RT for the regular season.

there are factors we don't know, as to why these things are playing out the way they are.
 
Mach2 said:
First of all, he played LT at ND, not RT, so it would be a different position either way.

Some players also adjust to switching sides better than others.

Lastly, do we really "continually" move guys? Did we do that with the rookies last year? There is no sense in discussing what prior staffs have done. It's irrelevant anyway, but I think cross training young linemen is common.
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Mach with the truth hammer!

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Not to say it's apples to apples, but remember Tunsil played guard his rookie season. It might be to get him familiar with game speed before throwing him into the blender.

He faced a lot of good edge rushers in college and didn't give up a sack over a long duration, i have to think the plan is eventually to kick him outside.
 
Many people stated that Eichenberg’s arms were short for a tackle in the NFL. While he still might eventually end up as a tackle in the future, perhaps the coaching staff feel he is better suited to play guard at this time.

Tunsil played LG as a rookie and moved to LT in his second year in the league. That may be what happens with Eichenberg or he could end up being a solid guard in the NFL and the coaches could decide to keep him as a guard and try to draft or sign a RT after this season.
 
Jamesw said:
I'm a great Flores fan, but can someone please enlighten me as to why we draft a highly rated RT who didn't give up a sack and move him to Guard? We seem to continually draft OL and move them to a new position and then question why they aren't solid as rookies. Eichenberg was "plug and play" as a RT! Put him there!
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There's a lot to be said for starting 1-2 long-term vets on the OL
 
Rick Cartman said:
Not to say it's apples to apples, but remember Tunsil played guard his rookie season. It might be to get him familiar with game speed before throwing him into the blender.

He faced a lot of good edge rushers in college and didn't give up a sack over a long duration, i have to think the plan is eventually to kick him outside.
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Different situation there.

We had a former pro bowl RT in Albert, so it made complete sense for Tunsil to play gaurd that first year.

Also worth remembering, Tunsil really fell into our lap when he dropped due to the facemask pic. I doubt our rd1 that year would have been a LT, had that not happened.
 
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