I think the widespread assumption among The Falcoholic staff is that James Carpenter is the frontrunner for the Falcons left guard job. He’s the most experienced and proven candidate, he won the job a year ago against more or less the same competition minus Justin McCray and Matt Hennessy, and there isn’t a slam dunk elite candidate to beat him out.
That doesn’t mean we want him to win the job. A few of our writers and editors weighed in below on our preferred candidate for the left guard job, and you will sense a theme.