any offensive line position is a hard enough Womens Damarious Randall Jersey , but getting there and then being asked to transition to left tackle, easily the hardest and most important spot on the line, is a tall and complicated task.The Dawgs By Nature staff reached out to Football Outsiders to help figure out which elite guards have successfully made the change to left tackle that Joel Bitonio is currently undergoing. We found out that there have been two primary examples of this kind of transition occurring in the not-so-distant past.First was New York Giants lineman David Diehl. Drafted 160th overall out of Illinois in 2003 as a versatile offensive lineman after playing guard his senior season in Champaign, Diehl didn’t take much time to surpass expectations following his 5th round draft selection. After starting every game for the G-men during his rookie season, Diehl was moved everywhere on their offensive line during his 11 seasons with the team. Like Bitonio he started at guard—but on the right side—moved to right tackle in his sophomore season, transitioned to left guard for the next two seasons, and then made the transition to left tackle in 2007. The Giants won their first of two Super Bowls that year with him at left tackle. He also started at left tackle in every game in 2011, the year the Giants won Super Bowl XLVI.Diehl was appreciated by his team during his 11-year career for his selflessness, work ethic and leadership. “When I think of David Diehl what comes to mind is his indomitable spirit,” coach Tom Coughlin said, following Diehl’s retirement in 2014. “He got the most out of his God-given ability and that’s the best way that you can judge any individual. What more can you ask of the guy?’’It’s obvious that his method of approaching the game made his multiple position changes not only possible, but vastly successful. Diehl finished his career with just one Pro Bowl appearance in 2009 Youth Terrance Mitchell Jersey , but his impact was felt by the results he was able to help the Giants achieve during his tenure in New York.The next example of this atypical transition was made by Los Angeles Rams, and former Cincinnati Bengal Andrew Whitworth. Whitworth was a prototypical left tackle who started every game he played in from his redshirt freshman season until the Bengals drafted him 55th overall in 2006 with hopes he’d be their left tackle of the future. Although, there were some pre-draft concerns about his fit as an elite left tackle in the NFL. Nonetheless, Whitworth started at left tackle during his rookie season in 2006, but was moved to left guard from 2007 to 2009 before transitioning back to left tackle. Cincinnati again moved him back to guard in 2013 to cover up for injuries on their line, and he was moved there yet again in 2016.During his NFL career, despite the brief detours to the guard position, Whitworth dispelled any kinds of doubts about his fit at left tackle. At 36—he turns 37 in December—he’s still going. Whitworth earned NFL Top 100 honors entering the 2018 season, as voted on by his peers, finishing at No. 87, just one season after being ranked Pro Football Focus’ 36th-best player in the NFL, for his play at left tackle.Now http://www.thebrownsfootballauthentic.com/christian-kirksey-jersey-authentic , unlike Diehl, Bitonio was a left tackle at Nevada. He had the experience at the position, but there were also some concerns about his fit at left tackle at the NFL level, which had similar echoes to Whitworth’s pre-draft scouting reports. Bitonio was pegged as a guard prospect in multiple projections, and the Browns seemed to agree as he played there in his initial four seasons in the league. But like the others who have made the transition, Bitonio has the pedigree, the size and the experience to successfully pull off the switch to starting NFL left tackle.Bitonio also expressed the same kind of selfless attitude Diehl rolled with while playing Swiss Army Knife for the Giants for so many years.“(Head) Coach (Hue) Jackson wants to put the best five offensive lineman on the field, and right now, he thinks that is with me at left tackle,” Bitonio said after being notified of the switch. “I am going to try and be the best left tackle I can be, and if something happens to where I have to go play left guard again, then I will try to be ready for that Womens JC Tretter Jersey , as well. “It is just what is going to help our team win the most games.”Will Bitonio’s story end in multiple Super Bowls for himself and the Browns, along with some minor accolades accrued along the way? The Browns may not see him as a long-term fix for their left tackle position in the post-Joe Thomas world, but he could potentially finish his career like Whitworth, consistently finishing among the most respected left tackles in the game.The truth probably lies somewhere in between.Either way, the Browns and their fans will be thrilled if he can make the transition and protect the quarterback better than Shon Coleman or Spencer Drango were able to accomplish since Thomas’ departure.Then again, that bar is very, very low.You can pick up the 2018 Football Outsiders Almanac here.Sunday Dawg Chow: Browns news (9/2/18) Cleveland Browns:Browns reduce roster to 53 players, waive Nate Orchard, Devon Cajuste (cleveland.com) - Hard Knocks darlings Nate Orchard and Devon Cajuste were among Browns players let go as part of the moves to reduce the roster to 53 players. The Browns also waived two 2017 draft picks in running back Matthew Dayes and defensive lineman Caleb Brantley.John Dorsey keeps 28 newcomers on initial roster (ohio.com) - The Browns aren’t kidding when they say they aren’t the same team that went 1-31 the past two seasons under coach Hue Jackson. When General Manager John Dorsey trimmed the roster to 53 players by the NFL’s deadline at 4 p.m. Saturday, he kept 25 guys who were on the team last season. The other 28 have been acquired this year by Dorsey, who replaced former head of football operations Sashi Brown on Dec. 7.Top surprises from Browns roster cutdown (brownswire.com) - The initial 53-man Cleveland Browns roster is set after Saturday’s 4 p.m. deadline. Here are some of the decisions GM John Dorsey and his staff made which made me raise an eyebrow.Cleveland Browns: Baker Mayfield, Khalil Mack Youth Larry Ogunjobi Jersey , Mychal Kendricks (cleveland.com) - The answer is ... yes. The question is ... have the Browns found a quarterback in Baker Mayfield The other answer is ... no. The question is ... how about playing Mayfield right now?NFL:How Khalil Mack changes the Bears (Chicago Tribune) - The landmark news surfaced early Saturday morning, a true September surprise. With the Bears needing to finalize their initial 53-man roster this weekend, general manager Ryan Pace again showed off his propensity to be bold. In what may go down as the second most significant move of Pace’s tenure as GM, the Bears agreed to trade for elite pass rusher Khalil Mack.Nick Foles to start Week 1 for the Eagles (nj.com) - From the moment it was revealed that Carson Wentz suffered a Torn ACL against the Rams in December, the debate about when the Eagles’ star quarterback would finally return raged on. This offseason, Wentz loudly, and proudly, stated that returning to play Week 1 against the Atlanta Falcons was his goal. That won’t happen — it was revealed that Nick Foles would return to start in Wentz’s place on Saturday — in a report by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport — as he did in leading the Eagles to win Super Bowl last season. Raiders trade for quarterback A.J. McCarron (si.com) - The Raiders have reportedly traded for Bills backup QB AJ McCarron, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. McCarron was rumored to be on the Bills’ bubble ahead of the NFL roster cut deadline. He sat behind Nathan Peterman and first-round draft pick Josh Allen on the possible depth chart.NFL cuts tracker (NFL.com) - The NFL preseason is over. The season is less than a week away from kicking off -- and that means it’s time for teams to trim their rosters. Here’s a team-by-team rundown of every player cut as NFL general managers trim their rosters to the mandatory 53-player limit by Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline.