I've watched highlights on YouTube of several of last year's games. While it isn't as if Eli and Burton weren't making good plays, it's almost always one or the other who is the culprit whenever a play is blown up immediately, when a stunt comes clean through to the harass/hit the QB/RB, when a DL overpowers an OL and makes a TFL, etc. I'm hoping many of those types of plays can be laid at the feet of the system being too complex, the obsession with the wide zone scheme, etc. But, we can't have the number of blown assignments and busted blocking schemes that we had last year (which was, to be fair, much better than 2022 but that's not saying much). Both Eli and Burton HAVE to play better consistently this year for us to have a chance at 8-4 or better. If someone told me one of those two will not be starting by game #4, I'd have to bet on Burton. But, Eli has to be better, also. When you're the center and the presumed leader of the group, you can't whiff on a block or go left when you should go right or overcommit to the guy in front of you and let a stunter/blitzer come straight through the line or get bullrushed right into the QB. Just can't happen. If it does, time for center #2 to get some snaps (maybe move Eli back to OG?).