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Originally Posted by milkman
Taylor has been described as our "swing tackle" which would imply that he probably is practicing at both positions, and he also said that he was ready to come in for McGinatosh if called upon.
He also played RT for two years, before finishing as a LT for his senior year in college.
So, no, I absolutely do not see the wisdom of starting McGinaTosh ahead of Taylor.
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Herb hasn't been working at right tackle. If he's seen any time there, and I'm not aware of anything, it's only been in the past week or two because I know as of the Raiders game he hadn't been over there at all. When he last played RT as a junior at TCU, that's not something you just step right into.
If he was at RT and Albert went down, they'd have two options: say "whoops, Herb, back to the other side" in the middle of a game while he's still trying to adjust to the right side, or keep Herb at RT and bring McIntosh in at LT.
I'd rank them this way:
1) Herb is always at LT, comes right in and can play.
2) Herb is trying to adjust to RT but has to move to LT mid-game.
3) McIntosh at LT.
In a perfect world, Herb at RT and Albert and LT would be great. But considering the time Albert has missed, I don't know why the idea that they'd want to keep a good backup at LT is always overlooked. Albert's probably not coming back from this elbow right away and Herb's been working at LT all this time. He should be able to step right in, just like he did today.
Whereas if they'd listened to all the head coaches here and put Herb in at RT a game or two back, today would have been a little hairy.