Comments on: Bulaga at left guard now?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:59:01 +0000

I agree with all three comments. I love the competition. I love the fact that MM has enough confidence in our rookie to push him to LG. I love the analysis that Colledge is just “a guy”. I totally agree. Demoting a guy in the NFL is totally fine if he cant play that position. If Bulaga has that potential to move a veteran with his skill and be the future to being the number one guy for protecting our QB – then I could not be more thrilled.

Ill be at the next preseason game (first) and Ill try to get some inside shick, but I’m pumped at the prospect of Bulaga and his upside!

By: RayMidge

RayMidge — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:27:03 +0000

Colledge seems like just “a guy” to me. Maybe he has been hurt by all of the shuffling around, but if Bulaga gives us an upgrade, this is potentially a really good line. I think we all agree that Sitton is on his way to Pro Bowl consideration (tough to actually crack that club when the same OL seem to go every year- I don’t think either Tauscher and Clifton ever made it in their primes despite being pretty universally respected in the league) and LG was the only true weak spot.

the biggest thing I take away from this is that the coaches are confident in the rest of the OL depth. I just hope they are right- after all they were confident after the pre-season last year too and they turned out to be very wrong.

By: DaveK

DaveK — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:06:01 +0000

He’s ready to roll at LT so they are letting him compete for the LG spot. Nice! I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. The guy started almost every game for three years at Iowa and was coached by Ferentz who was a former NFL line coach.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:55:27 +0000

Bulaga is a very talented guy who was projected to be taken in the top top 10 or so. Obviously the guy is talented, and it’s not impossible for him to be able to do well at a slightly different position. I say it makes total sense to give this a kid a shot to see what he can do. Maybe he’s not ready or capable of making this transition, but with a guy like Bulaga, it’s worth a shot because of the potential.

And I wish this kid luck. This could be the start of a fantastic career for this kid should he make the transition. It’s how franchises get their starting O linemen for years and I hope this is one of those cases. Finally gives us someone more dependable than Colledge who, should continue to excel, where as I agree with Andy, Colledge doesn’t look to have much more to bring.