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I wonder why they didn’t do it last season
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Centers a lot harder for a rookie to learn than left guard, or so I heard.
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It is less the position and more getting comfortable with making the line calls. He was not even starter when the season began to begin with. He will have an entire offseason now.
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Sorta reminds me of moving Kyle Long to Tackle. If you like fixing things why not try to fix the tackle spot AND the new guard problem you just created at the same time?
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What? Whitehair was a guard in college and we don’t have a “problem” at tackle
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Because Daniels is a natural center and Whitehair is sold in either spot.
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Whitehair played tackle his last two years in college
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It's fine. I get why not last year. I actually like Whitehair at C but know Daniels offers more. The question becomes whether Whitehair can move people as well at G. Mitch getting a consistent spiral snap should help him get his reads faster.
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In the pros he could be fits way better as a guard than tackle though. Doesn’t have the athleticism for tackle
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James Daniels was a good guard last year.
Cody Whitehair was a good center last year.
I appreciate people wanting things to be better and thinking Daniels would be a better center or Whitehair a better guard, but wouldn't another year of experience in their current positions also have a chance of them being better this year at the same positions? They are both young and could have year over year improvements without position changes.
To me it seems like change for the sake of changing.
If it's a demotion that makes sense, meaning if Whitehair just isn't good enough to be the center, then yeah that's the right move. I didn't see that last season. He was an upper 1/2 center in the league.
Maybe here's another way of looking at it - How many bad snaps do you think Daniels will be allowed? The bar is set fairly high. What if he puts a shotgun snap past Mitch? Is it an immediate switch or is there now pressure for that not to happen again? Granted if things don't work out then you can just switch it back, but they would have lost practice time to improve at their 2018 positions, so I'd still be asking why the change in the first place?
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The Bears intended to play Whitehair at LG when he was drafted. He moved to Center when Grasu was injured. Daniels was considered a top Center prospect last off- season. It makes perfect sense. This is Nagy and Harry making this move not the bozos that were here prior.
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I agree.
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The interior of the line wasn't good run blocking. If getting both players in their natural position can help with that then it's worth it.
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Very valid point you have there.
You did trade away your best interior runner, so maybe some of those problems are scheme based?
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I have no problem with this development. Should work out for them both.
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I appreciate what Howard did for the Bears. However, he wasn't too effective running between the tackles.
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I think there was a couple issues that have now been rectified with the moves this year.
1. The Bears moved to a slightly more "power" and away from a "zone" scheme (they ran both obviously but they ran less zone than previous years)- I think that Whitehair at G and Daniels at C makes more sense if you are moving towards that scheme. Whitehair can move people and is more physical than Daniels whose value is in his athleticism, ability to reach block and get to the 2nd level.
2. Howard was much better as a zone runner which is why they ran more of it towards the end of the year when they realised he wasn't as good in a power scheme.
3. Whitehair's snapping issues, while improved, are still a problem. Daniels is a more natural center. Will help with the passing game.
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I hope they wait on that extension for whitehair to see how he does at lg. He hasn’t played lg since college
I didn’t see anything wrong with Daniels play at lg and whitehair play at c to make the move but it is their original positions
I didn’t see anything wrong with Daniels play at lg and whitehair play at c to make the move but it is their original positions
