Kyle Long may miss training camp with leg injury

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Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Why does everybody feel like it's a tough ask for Niang to start?

widely considered a first round talent, possibly the #1 OT in the draft until his injury (there are a few articles out there from before the injury talking about this), has been working out, working on specific techniques at the team's request, totally rehabbed now and healthy. And a year with the playbook and terminology.

I don't think it's a tough ask at all. I fully expect him to win that RT spot.

I don't think it's going to be a tough task, relatively speaking.

I think he's facing better competition at RT than Humphrey is at OC. And I think Smith is a backup to start the season.

So really it comes down to Creed and Niang battling for starting spots and I think Niang's competition will be tougher than Humphrey's simply because Humphrey has less competition.