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Originally Posted by Slainte
Why would you say that?
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I don't think they signed Lilja to play right guard, to me that doesn't make sense. I wouldn't be one bit surprised to see them trade Waters for a 6th or 7th rounder during the draft and start Lilja at LG.
I can say this, if we do play him at RG, we are asking for it to backfire on us in multiple ways.
1) I dont think Lilja benefits our young emerging superstar in Jamaal Charles in the running game.
2) I dont think he can just be inserted into a new position that has totally different responsibilities and excel or even hold par. I think he would get blown up at RG.
3) I think that even though WE dont like Rudy, that doesn't mean the staff/team isnt in love with him, he was voted the ol mvp
http://www.kcchiefsblog.com/brandon-...efs-com-awards . I think they have in mind what some of us do and that is moving him to the right side where he was very effective a couple years ago in limited action. but what do I know, I thought Herb Taylor would stick too...
This scenario doesn't really have a home for Waters unless he comes in next year rejuvenated.
I dont buy the argument that Waters is done either. I think that having us roll out without a true center and right guard (till Wade solidified right guard) made the left side suffer because of having to "protect the gut"....that left the edges as an area the line got beat in by speed rushers early in the year, consistently. The line has to be one whole cohesive unit and if it has two major weaknesses to account for, it wont work no matter how good the other three are. This is exactly why the line started coming together once Wade Smith entered the starting lineup late in the year.
If we signed Lilja to play a position Wade Smith played quite well at, that is a big mistake.
I just think they signed Lilja to play left guard for us.