Double D makes a great point about Krumries ability. If he thinks Boone is going to be OK on the end… the rest of us need to shut our yaps and concur.

It’s OK Adam… I was just seeing how much you liked jumping from the frying pan into the fire…

It’s early, but what I’ve read from official sources is that Adrian Jones is the starter and, so far, no one is stepping up to challenge him. Even kcchiefs.com made Jones’s position with him playing it sound like a problem area. That’s why it worries me.

But it is early, so we’ll see what happens.

RG – What I see above all is healthy competition at RG. That can only be a good thing. At present, Adrian Jones, Herb Taylor, Anthony Alabi and maybe even Tre Stallings are in the mix. My guess is that Jones earns the initial nod because he is most experienced of the group. He also has pretty good hands which can be a valuable attribute in a lineman – particularly in goal line situations.

Both Taylor and Alabi have potential value as well, especially as run blockers. Based mostly on what I saw towards the end of last season, my gut tells me that Taylor will ultimately win the job – it’s just difficult at this point to guess when that might transpire.

LDE – Above all, I have complete faith in Krumrie’s ability to understand his players strengths/weakness and especailly his ability to coach them up – that alone should alleviate considerable concern. Like I guess pretty much everybody else, I would prefer to see Boone paired up with Dorsey on the inside but I get why, for now at least, he may be the best fit at LDE. Similar to Jones at RG, he brings the most experience to what is probably our most vulnerable spot on defense. And until somebody else steps up, I see no other solution. Because of the competition and the fact that he is now in his 2nd season (i.e. presumbably more comfortable with Gun’s complex schemes) I think Turk will be more apt to play rather than think, and thus ultimately emerge as the starter at LDE.

The best thing that can be said about the situation with both positions is that they are creating opportunity through healthy competition. Given where each the various players – those vying for a starting spot – are in their careers, I see real potential for us to identify and develop a couple of solid performers at both positions and perhaps even some quality depth there as well.

I don’t think Matlock could make a much better case than I have already. We’re not opening that can of worms again at least until camp starts. I’ve been getting scathing comments that are usually reserved for Jason Whitlock at the Star. I’m not sure if Brodie’s good, but he’s definitely popular.