Half of the battle is who MAHOMES FEELS comfortable with. That sure as shit wasn't Kingsley or Morris. Always had happy feet even if he did have good protection. Mahomes simply is more confident with Thuney. Its about trust. I don't care if it is placebo at this point. It works.

Don't necessarily disagree. I just hope Caliendo is up for the challenge. Carter is a beast.

There's no way on earth this coaching staff is going to leave Caliendo one-on-one vs Carter.

You don't win 3 (soon to be 4) SBs making decisions like that.

I've never seen an offensive lineman actually get lifted off his feet before until Calliendo. He's a huge weak link, that thankfully so far they have been able to game plan around.

This Philly DL is well balanced and they have a young Chris Jones in the middle with speed on the edge and they play well together.

Ed Oliver is good, but Carter is on another level.

Just like leaving a 2nd round rookie on an island with ZERO help?

It was the first two games of the season. If you didn't notice, the regular season is essentially an 18 week pre-season to figure out what works and what doesn't. They just wanted to throw him into the fire and see exactly where he was would be my guess.

They figured out pretty quickly he was not a finished product. I honestly don't really have a problem with that approach.

I know exactly what your saying BUT they didn't just throw him out into teh fire and see what happens....They walked him up a volcano and while he was leaning over looking in, pushed him in the back into the Lava!

Very true, I almost wonder if they actually knew he was nowhere close to ready, and just wanted to get some film out there to see what he needed to work on. I know that sounds crazy to most, but the way this team operates is just very different.

It's also very possible that he just looked that good in practice that they felt comfortable just throwing him out there, and they found out pretty quickly live game action wasn't quite the same for him. Who knows, but whatever the plan was, I hope they have figured out a new one. :)

I don't think we had anyone in camp with enough bend/speed to exploit his biggest weakness.

Absolutely played a part of the results we got I'm sure.

You’ve already got people saying Simmons was the best tackle. Rosenhaus is his agent and said he’d be ready to go by training camp.

He’s not falling to us guys.

SSSSSSHHHHH yes he will!

What are the odds of Thuney staying at LT and drafting a stud guard? Might also allow us to keep Smith money wise.

Could also look at Ronnie Stanley or Alaric Jackson?

Either of these guys would be incredible, but I can't see either team letting them go. Jackson is still only 26, I don't see how the Rams would let him slip away.

Stanley is 30, but still one of the best and seems to be over his injury issues. If either of these guys somehow makes it to free agency, I have to believe Veach will be in on them. They have to be tired of this musical chairs nonsense.

Thuney isn't play LT for an entire season.

Just to nip any potential debate in the bud, we're sticking with what has (mostly) worked.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Andy Reid says that he plans to stick with Joe Thuney at left tackle into the Super Bowl. Mike Caliendo will be the starter at left guard.</p>&mdash; Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) <a href="https://twitter.com/pgsween/status/1885024634329825527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>