Merlin can be ‘colorful’ at times. Lol.
The problem here is that rookie OGs tend to translate and play quickly. Not only has that not happened with him, but he has had his ass handed to him on most snaps he's seen going back to day one.
This past offseason I disregarded any sense of alarm with the kid. I was confident he would factor in to that RG spot in year two, at the very least be a strong competitor for it. But he is nowhere near factoring in. And no matter how you slice that @#$%& it ain't good. No way in hell a year 2 draft pick taken where he was taken should be that far off the pace.
I have nothing against him but this is a big boy league. He was expected to start year one by McVay. Was not anywhere near to that. Same deal year two in camp, I mean they made that call on him sliding to OT really early and before @#$%& got padded. Basically what we've seen so far statistically spells out where this is going and it ain't good.
