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[gzubeck]

Minicamp....just to wet your appetite...

[dmac_bolt]

Agreed.

Two guys were bad last year...so you move them to positions they don't play and hope they are better?

well, when you say it like that ...

[richpjr]

Agreed.

Two guys were bad last year...so you move them to positions they don't play and hope they are better?

Don't write off James. I still think he ends up a strong contender to start at center.

[el_jefe999]

Don't write off James. I still think he ends up a strong contender to start at center.

Well let the competition play out but I agree that I think the most likely scenario is James starts at center and Johnson LG.

[Topcat]

Well let the competition play out but I agree that I think the most likely scenario is James starts at center and Johnson LG.

All I know is, after a few games, if Zion keeps allowing sacks and pressures like last season again, I hope Harbo is smart enough to yank him and try someone else...the fact that the Bolts didn't pick up Zion's 5th year option speaks volumes...and I think he's in the hot seat skating on thin ice...

[wu-dai clan]

Crucial IOL errors can be so consequential.

Joe Burrow suffered a season ending knee injury when a backup OLG failed to protect, and the Bengals lost a Super Bowl when their IOL could not hold up a fraction longer.

The Rams were in the Red Zone ready to beat the Eagles in the 2024 NFCDG.

Then rookie Center Beau Limmer failed to account for Jalen Carter, ala Zion/Boze. Stafford sacked. Clock runs.

High priced ORG Kevin Dotson had a false start, unforced error, on the next play. Eagles got to sub in for eleven completely gassed defenders.

Season over.
It happens.

[21&500]

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[Ghost of Quacksaw]

All I know is, after a few games, if Zion keeps allowing sacks and pressures like last season again, I hope Harbo is smart enough to yank him and try someone else..

Do you really mean this? I mean, for Forum Doofuses like us to be questioning Harbaugh's Football Smarts... Well, that isn't very smart. He took a very suspect and limited team into the playoffs, for the love of <deity of choice>.

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the fact that the Bolts didn't pick up Zion's 5th year option speaks volumes...and I think he's in the hot seat skating on thin ice...

I don't think any of us questions that it's "put up, or shut up" time for Zion. He has no future with the Bolts if he doesn't play above average THIS year, because there's no reason to re-sign a guy to a significant money contract if he's not AT LEAST above average.

I don't see it as especially damning, though, that his 5th year option wasn't picked up. IIRC, a 5th year option contract pays at the top 15% level for all players at that position. So unless a guy has turned into a star, there's no reason to secure that 5th, EXPENSIVE year, and we know that 50+% of 1st round draft picks DON'T become stars during their rookie contract (if ever!). The 5th year option NOT being picked up is fairly common, not a rare and incriminating thing.

[CanadianBoltFan]

Don't write off James. I still think he ends up a strong contender to start at center.

Hope so!

Hate to say but there isnt one Charger I have less faith in than Bozeman. He sucked the year before in Carolina also. Love everything about the Chargers, lots of depth and players to be excited to watch this season but IOL is the one concern.