Good post. I agree with all of this except 'tieing'Originally Posted by Patler
People are making far too much out of who went in before whom for half of a practice at the mid point of training camp. It means very little. There can be many reasons, such as, for example:
- They truly think Murphy is ahead of Spriggs at this point.
- They think the two are about equal, so want one to focus on RT, the other at LT.
- They saw Spriggs a lot with the #1s last year at several different positions. Murphy was inactive for 15 games and played just 8 snaps. They wanted to see him in the environment.
- Their backup guards have struggled, so they want "left side" and "right side" backups in Spriggs and Murphy. They hope this will be Murphy's side.
- Neither seems to handle side to side switches well, so this will be Murphy's side.
- Spriggs doesn't handle the right side well, so they hope Murphy can.
- They don't think Murphy is a left tackle, so if he has value as a tackle it is only on the right.
- Murphy was standing next to Campen, and Campen said, "Go give it a shot with the 1's."
- They intended to try both with the 1's and just happened to go with Murphy first.
- Spriggs was tieing his shoe.
- Campen couldn't remember his name.
Both seem certain to make the roster, so preseason will be a lot about seeing what they can do.
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