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Any possibility Jesse could be an upgrade over Schuler at center?  Sounds pretty impressive . . . although definitely not the case normally with a 2 year starter leaving

Most likely we'll see something better, some less good.

Shuler had been a two year starter and generally worked well with his neighbors by last year.
However, it isn't normal to rotate out your center on short yardage situations. For now I am assuming we won't be doing that this year.
With Burkett moving right into the starting role as a redshirt frosh, I expect he will eventually be an overall upgrade. Whether it will happen this year is hard to know.

On Tucker, the plan for some time was to have him play LT, so it seems quite clear the coaches think he can play there. It's true that he was occasionally out of position early on last year, but as far as I can tell many of the fan complaints about him were on plays it wasn't at all clear it was Tucker at fault.

[CTcard]

Any possibility Jesse could be an upgrade over Schuler at center?  Sounds pretty impressive . . . although definitely not the case normally with a 2 year starter leaving

Most likely we'll see something better, some less good.

Shuler had been a two year starter and generally worked well with his neighbors by last year.
However, it isn't normal to rotate out your center on short yardage situations. For now I am assuming we won't be doing that this year.
With Burkett moving right into the starting role as a redshirt frosh, I expect he will eventually be an overall upgrade. Whether it will happen this year is hard to know.

On Tucker, the plan for some time was to have him play LT, so it seems quite clear the coaches think he can play there. It's true that he was occasionally out of position early on last year, but as far as I can tell many of the fan complaints about him were on plays it wasn't at all clear it was Tucker at fault.