This week, we asked Jacksonville Jaguars fans how confident they are in Walker Little and Cole Van Lanen filling the offensive tackle spots after Anton Harrison was moved to injured reserve.
Only 13% of respondents said they were very confident.
“We’re really fortunate not to have to play a backup in a situation when a tackle goes down,” offensive coordinator Grant Udinski said this week. “I don’t look at Walker as a backup tackle or a backup guard. We have seven, eight starter-caliber offensive linemen, and I know that’s an incredibly rare luxury to have that kind of depth on the offensive line.”
Of course, we’re going to adjust things based on [the opposing] front, regardless of whether he’s playing tackle or Anton playing tackle or Cole or Wyatt Milum playing tackle, it doesn’t matter who’s at tackle, we’re going to adjust things based on the defense. But having a guy that can go in there and play in the middle of a game or in the middle of a series and go out there and play like a starting tackle is a huge luxury.
As for the confidence survey, 91% of fans are confident that the team is headed in the right direction.
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