Greg Van Roten looked good at LG... such as...

[shaqattaq]

On 8/11/2018 at 7:24 PM, Asurfaholic said:

Greg Olsen almost missed his block could have been a loss 

Greg is fuggin awesome, but on that play he held and then got spun under Clausell's feet. Twas a bit scary.

[Steve_Smith_Sr.]

Not great but not ROTtEN either.

 

[RumHam]

Literally a hall of famer compared to Suckatulu

[Chaos]

On 8/11/2018 at 7:05 PM, Eazy-E said:

Better than Amini on his ass in the backfield. Thumbs up in my book.

Agreed.  Thumbs up Amini’s ass

[Khyber53]

To play guard, you've got to be looking to hit someone. 

He seems to be that kind of guy.

How is he for overall mean streak?

[Glitchh]

On 8/11/2018 at 4:50 PM, Pup McBarky said:

Yeah, he did well. My problem with this is, if Kalil starts the season at C, are we really gonna leave Larsen on the bench just because we're afraid of him getting hurt? I mean, Van Roten did pretty good, but I still think Larsen is the better lineman. I think we should put the best 5 linemen out there.

YES, leave Larsen on the bench, with Kalil's injury history the last couple years risking our best backup center seems silly when there are others, read Van Roten, who can adequately play LG.  Sirles has no shot to be starter but primary backup at both guard spots.  Unless Mahon wows in preseason he'll be second backup.

 

[iamhubby1]

On 8/11/2018 at 6:50 PM, Pup McBarky said:

Yeah, he did well. My problem with this is, if Kalil starts the season at C, are we really gonna leave Larsen on the bench just because we're afraid of him getting hurt? I mean, Van Roten did pretty good, but I still think Larsen is the better lineman. I think we should put the best 5 linemen out there.

 

On 8/11/2018 at 7:25 PM, Pup McBarky said:

If what you claim is true, it makes no sense that Van Roten gets the guard spot and Larsen rotates in. Their roles should be reversed. After all, in your scenario, Larsen has no less chance of injury than if their roles were reversed, so there's no benefit to putting your second best guard option on the field to start the game. The only way this does make sense is if the coaches actually think Van Roten is better at the guard position than Larsen.

 

    Short answer is...If Larsen is starting at LG, and Matt goes down. You have to shift two positions. Whereas, if Larsen is on the bench, you only shift one position. Sometimes those guys that could start at multiple positions, are more important not starting at all.

 

    Best case? Van Rotten, or Mahon win the LG job outright. Leaving Larsen to be healthy next year. It may seem to suck this year. But it may just pay dividends for the future.

[Bama Panther]

On 8/12/2018 at 1:58 AM, Jon Snow said:

Meh, his man was still able to make the tackle so I'd give him a 5/10.   Got to put the defender on his ass and out of the play.  

The dude was at the 42 initially and made the tackle at the 49.  I’d say that was a successful block. 

[Ace_Aladdin]

Mahon should get the start with the 1s to really see how good he is. The run game would be 3x better with him in it.