That bit about his RAS is crazy. I'm not sure how reliable those numbers are, but ranking #1 among all centers in the last 34 years is crazy if the numbers are even a little reliable. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
The Chiefs have so much depth along the Oline now that they effectively have TWO NFL caliber lines.
Line 1: Brown/Thuney/Humphrey/LDT/Long
Line 2: Niang/Wylie/Blythe/Smith/Remmers
I don't know that I see Long playing RT. Maybe I've missed something, but I thought he was plugged in as a RG, competing with LDT for the starting spot. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiTown:
I don't know that I see Long playing RT. Maybe I've missed something, but I thought he was plugged in as a RG, competing with LDT for the starting spot.
He's played both RG and RT.
People assume he'll play RG because it's a lesser position than RT, and that Niang is the shoe-in for RT.
Niang likely is the starting RT. But Long can play RT too in case of an injury.
I put Long at RT instead of Niang for the sake of the excercise, to not duplicate players while demonstrating that even our back up Oline is an NFL caliber starting Oline.
Consider that prior to the Brown trade, people were already rationalizing this as a competent Oline rebuild:
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
He's played both RG and RT.
People assume he'll play RG because it's a lesser position than RT, and that Niang is the shoe-in for RT.
Niang likely is the starting RT. But Long can play RT too in case of an injury.
I put Long at RT instead of Niang for the sake of the excercise, to not duplicate players while demonstrating that even our back up Oline is an NFL caliber starting Oline.
Consider that prior to the Brown trade, people were already rationalizing this as a competent Oline rebuild:
Niang/Thuney/Blythe/LDT/Remmers
Yeah, I think he could play it that way.
I think Niang is your day 1 starter at RT though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
He's played both RG and RT.
People assume he'll play RG because it's a lesser position than RT, and that Niang is the shoe-in for RT.
Niang likely is the starting RT. But Long can play RT too in case of an injury.
I put Long at RT instead of Niang for the sake of the excercise, to not duplicate players while demonstrating that even our back up Oline is an NFL caliber starting Oline.
Consider that prior to the Brown trade, people were already rationalizing this as a competent Oline rebuild:
Niang/Thuney/Blythe/LDT/Remmers
I absolutely think Long, along with Remmers, can play RT. I just think Niang is probably going to be our best option with Long playing along side him at RG [Reply]