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Lost in all the burns hype, I haven't seen many thoughts on how little performed. I am not the best at dissecting lineman play during a live broadcast and haven't gotten to rewatch the game so does any have any thoughts.. a bit curious how the late round swingman looked as well..

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He took some time to settle in. If you went only by what you heard on here you'd think he played awful. he looked just like a rookie playing in their first NFL action on the hardest spot on the OL... had a few bad plays and looked fine on others. I think he gets there, just needs reps and coaching

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Work in progress at best right now. He's gotta get more reps, one game isn't enough of a sample size. Fans kind of have to be realistic and realize how difficult it is to draft all pro tackles right out of the gate. Suck to hear that, but it's the truth looking at drafts the last several years. But after unloading an albatross contract on the OL we had a need and we needed to make a move. Hopefully it pans out when he has more playing time under his belt.

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i counted about 2-3 bad pass sets over the course of the game. Bears got him and Daley with a couple surprise blitzes. overall he looked like he did in his Ole Miss tape, which is encouraging. the NFL is definitely not too big for him. just got to continue developing.

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