Originally posted by NinerGM:
OG is easier to play than OT. Rachal struggled at OG so putting him at tackle would only create a catastrophe out of an already bad situation.
He's got a bad first step at the RG position. Instead of taking off on his strong side he takes off on his weak. No way you put that on RT. It's bad enough that he is playing RG but like you said it would get our QB killed. Now SOME of this could be attributed to a certain someone calling the wrong protection schemes which gets everyone tentatively off the ball. On Run plays they aren't so tentative. They know what they have to do and they go out and knock heads together.
But on Passing downs they hesitate more. Which allows the Blitzers to get into the backfield. I truly hope that Solari has been sitting at home as much as one can during the Offseason and doing nothing but watch film. I don't doubt he will, but there has to be a time and point where the OL Coach just says enough is enough. First day of work is the right time for him to do that.
But nope I would not even think about moving Rachal to Tackle. Hell he may never again be a candidate to swing out to Tackle. Not after Foerskin got finished with him anyway.
~Ceadder