tombonneau

Ok, let's hear some thoughts on what the opening day starting OL will be ... I for one am cautiously optimistic on Matt Light. RG not so much ... I think they don't fiddle around too much and just try to plug whoever looks best in at RG. I'm hoping Hochstein is ready to go ...

LT Light
LG Mankins
C Koppen
RG Hochstein
RT Kaczur

So basically I'm crossing fingers that Light & Hochstein are healthy and we maintain a decent amount of continuity from 2007 ...

BradyManny

Britt at LT isn't the end of the world if it comes to that. Certainly a healthy Light is preferable, of course, but Britt has looked like a good backup so far.

RG is tougher to fill simply b/c Yates has looked bad so far this preseason, Hochstein hasn't looked great and is now injured...I'm hoping either Welbourn or Flynn, both career starters, is good enough to plug in for the time being.

RT is a bit of a sore spot too b/c Kaczur has looked pretty poor so far to me. Not sure what that's about, but he has appeared to struggle every time I've keyed in on him this preseason.

QB12

LT Light
LG Mankins
C Koppen
RG Welbourn
RT Kaczur

BadMoFo

Two tackles, two guards and a center, I hope.

jeffbiologist

I am thinking Flynn over Welborn.

nashvillepatsfan

agreed. i think welbourn will start, atleast for now.

VJCPatriot

Moe, Larry, and Curley.

Oh wait you mean our guys?
Light, Mankins, Koppen + 2 scrubs

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LT- Light
LG - Mankins
C - Koppen
RG - Flynn
RT - Welbourne

Very vanilla offense with the 2 newbies against a weak KC defense giving the Jets nothing to game plan for next week.

mgteich

There has been a lot of discussion. We are likely to have all our 2007 starters back for KC, except for Neal. And yes, Britt might start instead of Light.

I suspect that real dispute is between those who thought the 2007 line was one of the best in the AFC, and those who thought we needed wholesale changes to improve on 2007 performance (I suspect that only 19-0 is acceptable that group of posters).
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As of now, we have replaced Neal and Hochstein with Welbourne and Flynn. I don't know the injury status fo Yates. I am not at all uncompfortable with going into meat of the season with an active line of Light, Mankins, Koppen, Welbourn, Kaczur, Britt and Flynn. This is a strong line, with strong backups.

I expect Yates and O'Calaghan/Ross as the backups after the break.

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

At this point, whoever is healthy. I'm taking:

LT: Light
LG: Mankins
C: Koppen
RG: Welbourn/Flynn
RT: Kaczur