A Few Early Training Camp Thoughts

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Barbre has gotten worked by Kampman in pass blocking and he has not looked as consistently good now as he did in shorts in OTA and minicamps.

Giacomini has been better at pass blocking (its clearly the strength of his game), but he has only recently been going with the 1s. He hasn't faced Kampman as much. It remains to be seen how either fares in run blocking, which we won't get a good feel for until exhibition games.

[Patler]

I'm not sure that a whole lot should be read into Giacomini going with the 1's. MM has said all along that Giacomini would be given a chance. Barbre hasn't "won" the spot yet, he has had it by default. Until the start of TC, Giacomini hadn't practiced since a couple weeks before the end of last season. They gave him the first week with the 2's to get back into it, and now this week has been the start of his evaluation.

Since Barbre isn't an incumbent, the only way Giacomini wouldn't have gotten the chance is if he was horrible with the 2's. He wasn't, so he gets his chance. I've been expecting it.

One article said that while Giacomini ran a few series with the 1's, Barbre still got the bulk of the snaps.

I suspect both will run with the 1's at some point in the first couple preseason games. That will decide who they go into the season with at RT.

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I wish we could delete posts.

[Rastak]

I wish we could delete posts.

If it isn't in a quote somewhere, edit and pretend it never happened......

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I wish we could delete posts.

If it isn't in a quote somewhere, edit and pretend it never happened......

Agreed, and that was why that post reads like it does. I replied to Patler, posted and then realized I was just repeating both our points. The preseason game cannot get here fast enough.