I'd like to think that will be Pace's starting point. I'm not aware of any reported back injury but I do know he played through a foot injury a couple of years ago. Despite that he hasn't missed any starts and although he's played the left side most of his career he's also moved around when needed.
Josh Sitton’s career statistics Games Fumbles Year G GS FF FR 2008 11 2 2009 16 16 0 1 2010 16 16 2011 14 14 2012* 16 16 2013 16 16 2014* 16 16 2015* 16 16 Career 121 112 0 1
He's only missed two starts since 2009. That's some pretty good toughness and consistency I'd say.
Right now the Porker fans seem to be as upset with this move as some Bears fans have been with our release of Matt Slauson. I'm not sure Sitton is the perfect prospect for a zone run blocking scheme either but the guy is a virtual wall as a pass blocker so in any event I don't think we can ignore any opportunities to sign him. His knowledge of the GB offense is an X factor in the whole deal too.
I also hope Pace can get a deal done with him before he even leaves to NOLA. I think we have more to offer him now and in the near future than virtually anyone else. If he can play OC or this other FA we just picked up can maybe we set Larsen sailing.
Why do I have this sick feeling in my gut like I've been down this road many times before and it has always ended in a wreck
Don't ever take that road to Green Bay again. It's not a good place to be.
Fox has said all along that Long will play and had he been allowed to speak for himself I'm sure he would say the same. He's not the kind of guy whose gonna sit unless they make him sit and if they can fit him with a sling and he can deal with some pain he'll play. That's his mentality.
My guess is that Sitton goes to LG and Whitehair keeps taking snaps at LG and OC but Larsen will start for now. How this effects LA Kush (Couldn't resist giving him that nickname) I don't know. It's obvious Pace and Fox are pulling out all the stops as far as trying to upgrade the OL so all we can do is sit back now and see how they play it.
They aren't paying Sitton $10 mil guaranteed to be a backup to anyone so he's gonna start somewhere soon and the logical place would be LG. Larsen looks like he can handle OC for now but later in the season Whitehair may be ready to take over. The nice thing is that we now have a more experienced OL and the luxury of working Whitehair at multiple positions in practice getting him acclimated to all of them.
Soul, Biggs tweeted that Bears plan on Sitton at LG and Larsen/WH competing for C. I would guess Larsen would start at C initially and WH would ride the bench until he gets some practice time in. That's good by me--Larsen is a better C than a G IMO and I'm sure they want a vet who knows the line calls in the middle with the season only a week away.
Question is: who gets cut to make room for JS? Is it Silatolu? Proszinski?