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That doesnt explain why they would switch them midseason.Shoure. First of all Soldier may very well earn the confidence of the team before the season starts and start at LT, but there are many senarios where Vollmer may start at LT and return to RT.
If by the start of the season the team feels more game time experience is needed by Soldier before he can be trusted with the blind side he may start at RT with Vollmer at LT.
That is ridiculous. Vollmer is not going to split time.There is also the possibility that Vollmer and Soldier may split time at LT till the team feels comfortable with Soldier at LT, in which case Kaczur would fill in at RT.
Kaczur has played more games at LT than Vollmer, btw.Soldier may also split reps at both LT and RT early season till his starting roll get more defined.
Right now the team knows Vollmer can play the LT spot and untill Vollmer was drafted Kaczur has played the RT spot. Two things are needed early this season,one Soldier need to be worked into the LT spot and the best two OT's need to be on the field.
Again, none of this has anything to do with flipfloping them mid season.
If he isnt ready, he isnt ready. You cant hide him on the right side.Soldier may need gametime reps (experience)with NFL quality DE's before earning the trust of the team to move left.
This makes no sesne. If Solder is playing RT in the NFL, then RT is the position he is most familiar with. There would be nothing to gain by switching them.In any case Vollmer has proven that he can play RT also (unlike Light who could not play RT effectively). RT being a different skillset than Soldier has played yet will make Vollmer a more effective player there. So when Soldier is ready to start at LT that move puts him into a possition he is most familiar with, and moveing Vollmer back to RT puts him in a possition he is most familiar with.
So why would you switch them to start with?The conclusion of this explanation is Soldier haveing only played 3 seasons at OT, starting them all at LT is best placed in the possition he is most familiar with (LT)and Vollmer haveing played the majority of his pro career at RT means he will be in a possition of most familiarity at RT.
Even if you did, it would be completely foolish to switch them in the middle of a season. I would bet a lot of money that no NFL team has ever done that.