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Originally Posted by The Franchise
The only thing that I could see is if they don’t want it to seem like they’re desperate for a LT. Niang is an unknown so it puts smoke out there.
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The thing is, Reid didn't say Niang was the starting LT - that would be what needed to be said to convince other teams they had no need.
Instead, he said they had aspirations of putting Niang at LT and they felt like he could play the position the last time they had him in workouts. That's not definitive enough to convince anyone they don't still need a LT, but it's detailed enough to suggest they've more than just given it a cursory glance, especially since Veach said immediately after the draft that he thought Niang would start out his career inside at guard.
Reid and the coaches saw something in him after working him out that Veach didn't necessarily see at the time he was drafted.