DAILY DEBATE: Should Francois Mauigoa move to guard?

[Damiencane86]

That 6’8” dude from Mississippi

Is bell really ready right now though? But he's no doubt a T all the way

 

[rok]

More inclined to leave him at RT and return 3 OL at their respective positions from 2023.

 

[DMoney]

D$ lately with all these what ifs..lol

Just trying to spark some conversation. It’s a long summer.

 

[RangerGranger]

Common sense says leave FM at RT.

But he would be a crazy pulling guard. Him and Anez would be able to dominate the interior with superior punch, strength and athleticism.

If we have another tackle that can step up, I'm all for moving him to LG. You just don't want it to devolve into one of those "it if aint broke, don't break it" type of scenarios.

 

[BS85]

Striker

 

[skyman]

We are in a unique situation where we have more options at Tackle than Guard and both our starting tackles probably would be better at guard for betterment of team but coach already said they dont want to move the LT around anymore so Mauigoa would be the ideal choice but you know how that goes..

 

[Torocane]

Should we keep Mauigoa at tackle, or does he have more of a future inside?

How open would he be to a move to guard?
Ultimately that's the question.

 

[Hstokes1447]

Yes he should move tp LG. He will be an 1st team All-American there

 

[FrancisSawyer]

Who would play LT w/ this move?

Jalen Rivers

 

[grover]

Whatever makes the best 5. I trust Mirabal to figure it out. We’ll be better at OL than last season.

 

[supercane954]

I would not move our best Olineman to another position. The NFL can do what they want and will.

James Williams vibes

 

[SSCanes]

I don’t mind what position he plays. I just want the 2-3 false start penalties to go away.

 

[SSCanes]

I don’t mind what position he plays. I just want him to clean up the 3 false starts a game.

 

[D_G87]

Rivers is not a LT, period. We’ve been there & done that. He failed. He’s a Guard

Wut?

 

[DTP]

Depends on a couple factors.

Is Markell Bell, Samson Okanlola or Matt McCoy an upgrade? Only the coaches know right now.

Has Mauigoa improved his pass protection where he won’t need as much help as he needed last year? He was great for a freshman but he was also our worst lineman. Which is totally understandable considering his experience. Can he handle quicker edges one on one consistently? Kid is a beast run blocker.

 

[DTP]

Rivers is not a LT, period. We’ve been there & done that. He failed. He’s a Guard

He’s the best pass blocker on the team and was 2nd team all conference.

 

[Ironmanfootball]

Common sense says leave FM at RT.

But he would be a crazy pulling guard. Him and Anez would be able to dominate the interior with superior punch, strength and athleticism.

If we have another tackle that can step up, I'm all for moving him to LG. You just don't want it to devolve into one of those "it if aint broke, don't break it" type of scenarios.

Tackles pull all the time. Dart, GT counter, tackle trap, wide sweep

 

[RangerGranger]

Tackles pull all the time. Dart, GT counter, tackle trap, wide sweep

Tackles do pull.

From what I recall, we don't ask our tackles to pull that much in the current scheme.

 

[Ironmanfootball]

Tackles do pull.

From what I recall, we don't ask our tackles to pull that much in the current scheme.

His best play of the season was on a screen-type pull on Smith's reverse. Dude was out in space plenty.

 

[E1k]

In a perfect world both rivers and francis would be at guard but if we don’t have anyone to hold it down at tackle then we can’t just move them just because. Both will be guards in the nfl 100%

And lets hope they pass protect better this year without as much max protection as last year