Thanks for the write up. I'd like to focus on your last sentence in the article:
"My worry is that the team feels they made a mistake in last year’s draft and Thuney will be replacing one of the younger Guards, meaning the team starts over again with the line rebuild."
I take the exact opposite view of you here, in fact, I'd be ecstatic if that's the case. At the end of the day, we all know that the guard play (and the tackle play post-Solder injury, but I digress) was subpar last year. We've heard a myriad of explanations - they were all rookies hitting the wall, they were all rookies and didn't get the communication they needed from Googs, Googs was just a poor coach, they were all injured, they're just not that good. To me, this tells me that they've gone through all the above, and given the 2 guard selection and Cooper's inclusion in the Jones trade, they think the last option (they're just not that good) is a legitimate potential answer.
Where this team excels is 1) actually identifying the problem, and 2) cutting bait and moving on. If the guards really aren't that good but the team didn't realize it, and they didn't bring in any additional guards this offseason, then we'd be facing the same interior line problem this year as in last, regardless of Dante being here. Yes, it stinks that they messed up last year. But they've moved past it and are trying to solve the problem, instead of holding onto their pride and hoping it would work out. Similar to Easley.
Regarding the rest of the write-up, sounds great. Thuney seems to fit the mold of guys that they used to have on the line before -- guys that succeeded. So maybe the team is returning to basics as part of their quest to solve the problem. As others said before, it would be very interesting if Cooper, Mason, and Thuney could win jobs - that group seems to have the most potential talent for our scheme in the interior versus any other combination.