The Tennessee ******* ans will be in Santa Clara for a joint practice and preseason game with the San Francisco 49ers this week, and some of the critical position battles will get a chance to take center stage. However, one of those may already be decided.
When training camp opened, the battles along the interior of the offensive line at center and right guard were two of the most anticipated, but after only two weeks, it appears that free agent addition Austin Schlottmann is close to having the center job locked up. At least, that was one of the big takeaways from ESPN's Turron Davenport in his latest intel report.
The center position is still a competition, but it seems like veteran Austin Schlottmann will win the job. Left guard Peter Skoronski said Schlottmann has helped accelerate his learning process because of their time together with the ******* ans, when they were with the Giants. Pat Coogan continues to get early reps but has struggled at times with off-target snaps to Mitchell Trubisky during team periods.
This was also backed up by the release of the ******* ans' first depth chart of the preseason, which lists Pat Coogan behind veteran Andre James and Schlottmann. While the depth chart is fluid at this stage, Davenport isn't the only dedicated observer of training camp who has made that ******* ertion after the first two weeks, and it sounds like the right call.
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When training camp opened, the battles along the interior of the offensive line at center and right guard were two of the most anticipated, but after only two weeks, it appears that free agent addition Austin Schlottmann is close to having the center job locked up. At least, that was one of the big takeaways from ESPN's Turron Davenport in his latest intel report.
The center position is still a competition, but it seems like veteran Austin Schlottmann will win the job. Left guard Peter Skoronski said Schlottmann has helped accelerate his learning process because of their time together with the ******* ans, when they were with the Giants. Pat Coogan continues to get early reps but has struggled at times with off-target snaps to Mitchell Trubisky during team periods.
This was also backed up by the release of the ******* ans' first depth chart of the preseason, which lists Pat Coogan behind veteran Andre James and Schlottmann. While the depth chart is fluid at this stage, Davenport isn't the only dedicated observer of training camp who has made that ******* ertion after the first two weeks, and it sounds like the right call.
This article originally appeared on ******* ans Wire: Has ******* ans' Austin Schlottmann locked up the center competition?
#austin
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