mgteich

These points are well taken.

There are literally hundreds of college tackles who have moved to LG. There are very few college guards who have excelled at LT.

Now, on the right side, I am not so clear, but I think that it is still much more likely that a college tackle moves to RG than a college RG moves to right tackle.

All that being said, we may need a RG or we might need a RT.

patchick

Yeah, I can see that it must look like that, but I was honestly curious. Some good examples in this thread!

Whenever I hear of a college guard who projects to tackle, my first thought is "wow, who did they have at tackle then???"

BradyManny

Didn't Kaczur play some OG in college, or is it just that scouts listed him as projecting to OG in the NFL. Because a bunch of scouting reports from that draft listed him at OG.

RussFrancis

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I understand. Albert started as a freshman next to D.Ferguson at guard. He may have stayed there because his skills suited their ground game scheme, he was strong at that particular position and because VA doesnt have much of a passing game right now, so protecting a QBs blindside isnt as high a priority as pulling on power sweeps. But my best guess would be that if Albert came back for his SR. year, he'd probably have converted to LT. Considering how many decent LT prospects are available this year, I find it pretty impressive that this kid's speculated draft day 'value' has risen as high as it has. I originally recall Pittsburgh being his logical destination a couple months ago in the mid 20s. We've spent some time discussing this kid's potential impact, and what's comical is how wrong I am every single year, but how much I end up learning about other team's top players. Part of the beauty of the machine that is the NFL. The draft is actually important to the league in far more ways than one.