Rookie TJ Lang to Start at RT on Sunday vs. the Cowboys

[bobblehead]

Lang should be okay. Expect help from tes along with rb chipping.

Maybe Lang solidifies the position. Barbre moves to lg and eventually replaces Colledge.

BTW Peter King from SI named Oher first team All NFL for the midseason. Recall some of the board members wanting Oher. Good call.

I screamed all offseason to get one of the big 4 tackles coming out, but I think Oher has been playing RT this season so far (not positive).

I'm hoping Raji comes on so strong I don't stay mad over us not taking oher.

[Lurker64]

I screamed all offseason to get one of the big 4 tackles coming out, but I think Oher has been playing RT this season so far (not positive).

I'm hoping Raji comes on so strong I don't stay mad over us not taking oher.

Oher was starting on the right side, and has played a little bit on the left because of injuries to the two guys in front of him. From what I've seen (and I've only watched about 4 Ravens games this year so I could be wrong), he's better on the left. He's a bit too passive to be a dominant RT, but that characteristic is good in an LT (since it's more of a reactionary position.)

I don't think that this is necessarily a bad year for tackles either. We're not likely to be in a position to draft an elite one this year (at least, I hope not) but this is a pretty good class for LT prospects: Russell Okung, Bruce Campbell, Bryan Bulaga, Charles Brown, Trent Williams, and maybe Anthony Davis are all first round LT prospects (and I'm almost certain I'm missing somebody here, I mean... how many people had Jason Smith on top of their LT list in November of last year?). It's hard to get excited about LTs this time of year because there's so much college football to watch and to get a good sense about LTs you really have to watch those guys specifically, but it's not as though there aren't good ones most every year.

Sure, the physical prototype of the NFL LT is hard to fill, but the upside of that is that LTs are so much the superstars of the line that almost everybody who fits that prototype gets discovered and funneled into football (Michael Oher got pulled out of the ghetto, Jonathon Ogden gave up an Olympic shotputting career, etc.) However, NFL nose tackles may be even harder to find. I wouldn't worry too much about Raji, defensive linemen don't usually live up to their draft status in their first year (particularly DTs). Give him a year of NFL training and NFL coaching, and he'll be a lot better.