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Originally Posted by 70Chip
If there is anyone who thinks they know about O-Line play:
How hard is it to switch from Tackle to Guard? Could most Tackles do it, could some, or is it difficult? I think Jacoby moved to guard at the end of his career. What I'm getting at is this: re-sign Wade and move Jansen to LG. Or move Wade to LG. Is this un-realistic? If so, why? It seems to me if you can play Tackle you should be able to play Guard.
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As I understand it, some offensive lineman talked about this once, it's not hard to switch really from Tackle to Guard. What's hard is being asked to move from one side of the line to another. It's like batting right all your life and then one day coach says "swing lefty today." Your stance gets all out of wack.
According to this lineman, I think maybe it was Ogden, a left tackle is more likely to have success switching to left guard then he would switching to right tackle, even though you'd think that wouldn't be the case. .