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Originally Posted by ukcolt
Both Bortolini and Goncalves are likely to start out life on the inside in my opinion. I agree Bortolini is much more suited to play C, but he played both positions in college. For what its worth he is listed as a G on Colts.com
Goncalves, he played mostly tackle in college, both left and right side, but from what I have read it looks more likely that he would be better suited to a move inside. Again for context he is listed as a T on the official team website.
It would not surprise me at all to see both of them seeing some time with the 1st team offensive line throughout training camp.
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Sure seems like Bortolini was drafted to replace Kelly and Goncalves to compete w/ Freeland to replace Smith with whoever doesn't win out becoming the backup swing tackle.
But to your point it doesn't mean they can't start out at OG, especially Bortolini. I didn't realize that he had several starts at OG in college, so maybe he starts out there and as the 3rd OC in case both Kelly and French get injured.