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JustinTime18™ · 11-03-2018, 11:47 AM

OF THE BENCH

Yes. Expecting O'Neill to stay at right tackle with Rashod Hill moving into backup/swing tackle role for the Lions game.Quote TweetTyler Carmer@CarmerSkolReplying to @CourtneyRCroninO’Neil going to continue starting at RT I assume?

11-03-2018, 12:21 PM

Kids earned it.

11-03-2018, 01:48 PM

Good news. O"Neill definitely has more upside and Hill should be no more than a backup.

11-03-2018, 01:50 PM

Hallefuckinglujah

11-03-2018, 02:00 PM

I'm pretty sure benching O'Neill instead of Hill would be sufficient to put the coaching staff into phase 1 of the NFL's drug testing program.

11-03-2018, 02:16 PM

Good on O'Neill, he'll continue to make incremental improvement. An unexpected upgrade this early in his career.

11-03-2018, 02:30 PM

This is really huge when you think about it. Not that he's starting, that he's a developmental player who's proven himself capable of starting so early on. 6-7, long arms, 4.8 forty. Could be a franchise player if he keep getting bigger, stronger and better.

11-03-2018, 04:19 PM

Fantastic!!
I am tired of seeing Hill get blown past on the left side and leaving Cousins open to strip sacks and injury. Get this O line back in shape and let's make a run through the second half of the season.

11-03-2018, 04:32 PM

Quote: @MaroonBells said:
This is really huge when you think about it. Not that he's starting, that he's a developmental player who's proven himself capable of starting so early on. 6-7, long arms, 4.8 forty. Could be a franchise player if he keep getting bigger, stronger and better.

I mean it could all be that. Or our OL could be so bad that it just didnt take much to get a starting roll.

11-03-2018, 05:26 PM

As predicted during preseason. O'Neill will replace Hill at RT early in the year. Hill is not a starting Tackle.

I also predicted that O'Neill will eventually be a starting LT after Reiff's contract runs out. We will see about that one.

Looks to be a very nice draft pick in the late second round to find a starting Tackle. O'Neill was the 3rd Tackle taken in the draft after McGlintey and then Kolton Miller. We passed on a couple Guards (that many were screaming for, like Hernandez with the Giants) and found a starting Tackle which are much harder to find in the draft.