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Originally Posted by Easy 6
I'm not giving up on Kingsley as the eventual LT, and I hope the team isn't either
The athletic traits are all there, besides I thought the consensus around here was that he didn't have the big fat bucket and thick legs to be a good guard?
In my ideal world, Humphries is here the remainder of this season and all of next while Suamataia polishes his game up... its just waaay too early to give up, you've all given a dozen examples of guys who take time to develop at that position in this very thread
Bolles, Fisher and on and on and on the list goes... basically, only future HOFers show up as rookies and immediately start kicking everyones ass
The rest need a year or two
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I don't think it's a question of whether Kingsley has the potential to be a starting LT, it's whether there's a conceivable way for him to become that.
He wasn't Bolles or Fisher bad, he was "holy s*** has he ever played football bad". If he'd had half a dozen games like the Ravens one and then the Bengals game you could say "OK, risky, but there's enough shown to take that risk". But he didn't.
I just don't see any possible route where they risk him back at LT, or where they give him the opportunity to earn that spot, given the possibility he isn't just "that's a bad few snaps" but he's actively getting Mahomes killed.
It sucks if it really is more of a mental issue, but I'd bet money they try to solve the problem with a position shift and hope that both is a better skillset fit and it un-fu**s his head.
Hope I'm wrong and he's somehow the long-term LT, but I can't see them risking it.