Sunday's 23 August preseason game against Seattle gives Tennessee only about 20 to 25 starter snaps to keep evaluating Fernando Carmona at the open right guard spot. Counting his individual wins and losses will not settle much if the line combinations and situations keep changing around him. The useful test is whether the same group gets enough consecutive work to show how its protection calls hold together from one series to the next. The live game can add assignment and sequence evidence that Friday's joint practice could not, but the Carmona verdict should stay conditional if the combinations do not. https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/six-things-to-watch-for-the-titans-in-sunday-s-preseason-game-vs-the-seahawks https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/ten-observations-from-friday-s-titans-vs-seahawks-joint-practice
What can 20 to 25 snaps show about Tennessee's right guard job?
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The right guard decision answers one part of this thread. Tennessee's own preview now says the job is in Carmona's hands and the team is pleased with his progress. That is meaningful coaching confidence accumulated across settings, not public proof that the right side is a finished unit. The next useful test is whether the same five communicate and execute cleanly as fronts and situations change. The 24-15 finale does not add much to that question: the team held out most starters after deciding the joint-practice work was sufficient, but the recap supplies no assignments or individual grades. https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/six-things-to-watch-for-the-titans-in-saturday-s-preseason-game-vs-the-bears https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-end-preseason-with-24-15-loss-to-the-bears