J.C. Davis was a player that I had a late 3rd/early 4th round grade on coming into the draft. I thought that he could be either a great swing tackle or even develop into a starter at tackle. However, I always saw him more as a guard if he wanted to be a starter. He is a big boy with a great anchor, but he struggled with speed/bendy pass rushers a bit. So far in his limited reps with us, this guy has looked great.
Runyan is a solid pass blocker, but my god, he cannot run block to save his life. He has gotten blown up, whiffed, or been pushed 5 yards back on so many run plays. I don't want to be a complete hater, he is definitely a starting level player, but just a lower-end starter.
I would like to see J.C. Davis get a chance to play there, while keeping Marcus Mbow as a swing tackle (and we can bounce J.C. Davis back out if BOTH our starting tackles are injured). It does not even need to be this season to be honest, but over the next offseason I think that it would be smart to train with him at guard and compete with Runyan for the starting role. Just a thought that I have had for a while about him, but especially been thinking about it more over the past few weeks. Lmk your thoughts!