Wasn't Zach Martin an upgrade? He was a first round talent I thought. He was also a tackle moved to guard.....you see where I'm going with this? If your agenda is to bring up parnell as often as possible you succeeded. The reason collins is here is because he is going to take learys job. His knees are at any given time ready to implode. Collins wins his job in training camp. That's it
No, Parnell has nothing to do with Leary vs Collins. The point is that Leary is a better player than fans give him credit for. Even if Collins "wins" the job, there is not going to be a significant difference because Collins as a rookie and Leary as a quality veteran. Martin was All-Pro as a rookie.
That is a rare rare feat and expecting that from Collins is unrealistic. The actual probability of that happen is very low. The probability of an All-Pro rookie OL is already very low and then to expecting it to happen again on the same team in consecutive years is just unrealistic.
My biggest issue is that people making bold proclamations relative to Collins and Leary, have probably not spent any significant time (or none at all) reviewing either of both of their game footage in great detail. The media has not told those fans repeatedly that Leary is a good player; therefore, in their minds, me must not be. On the flip side, the media has hyped the Collins signing and he was 1st round talent, so in the fans mind there is no question that he is better right this minute than Leary.
I've already said that Collins and Green were excellent acquisitions and are the future. The future would including the possibility of Leary's knee giving out. Leary's knee is another issue where fans make bold proclamations but very few have actually reviewed the issue in detail.