Sorry - the draft is ancient history. A lot of people were fretting about Jenkins playing LT, and the assumptions Pace made around that. Many were hopeful - but not many were "confident" that was the long-term answer.wab wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:11 am
They drafted Jenkins to play LT. They have to see if he can play LT.
They drafted Borom to play RG and/or RT. They have to see if he can continue to improve where he's at before you just uproot the dude and move him to the left.
If none of that works, then you go to plan B and move people around.
I maintain that with the most current information the picture has dramatically changed. Borom's actually played LT in the NFL and pretty much looked like an NFL LT. Jenkins hasn't. I think we strongly believe Jenkins could be a stud on the right. Borom's also played reasonably well on the right - but he hasn't grown roots anywhere. He's played as well on the left as he has on the right. Again - if Peters goes down, they uproot Borom anyway... right? The one thing we know is there IS a RT of the future on this team.
What we don't know is "is there the LT of the future on this team" - and that has to be the most important question. If Borom is playing over there and looking good then that answers the question and gives you super important information for the draft - no way are you going to draft an LT high with the Bears' limited draft capital if you have an acceptable starter in Borom and a potential additional starter at LT in Jenkins. Jenkins can compete for & earn the LT spot next year. Either can play on the right. The main question is how set is the left? You don't know that nearly as well by inserting Jenkins at LT, potentially watching him struggle a bit (naturally) and then concluding that you have to invest in yet another LT when you in fact may already have two.