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I have to agree with you Scyte
In the end the competition for LG will really boild coen to (2) players, Beekman and St.Claire and knowing Lovie, he will give the nod to St.Claire for (2) reasons.
(1) he will be lined up next to a rookie LT and being a veteran OT himself, he can help out Williams much easier then a 2'nd year player with ZERO playing experience in the NFL....
(2) St.Claire proved he play the LG position at a high level already when he was put in to save that sorry excuse fore an O-lineman in Terrance Metcalf.... broken hand or not he was given (2) opportunities to be a starter for the Bears the past five years and tanked both times, he will most likely be a roster cut since Angelo loves to secure spots for his draft picks.
Now, Beekman very well could challenge Garza at RG... Garza has been average at best and "IF" Beekman shows in training camp and pre-season that he can play then he might just bump Garza...
Lovie would have little concern about experince at RG since Kruetz and Tait would be more then capable of helping Beekman out, especially if St.Claire is our LG. Kruetz wouldn't need to assist St.Claire on the left side nearly as much so Kruetz would be able to watch Beekmans back a little more.....
To me that sounds like a win- win- win scenario. Williams immediately upgrades (2) positions since he will anchor the LT spot thus allowing Tait to go back to his natural RT position. So, instead of the former dead weght at LG and RT we insert new blood at LT and veteran blood at RT, plus St.Claire would upgrade the LG position over the former one-armed Brown and if Beekman out performs Garza for the RG position we would end up upgrading their also, that means our much maligned O-line would be upgraded at (4) of (5) positions........
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