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Exactly. Sewel will be fine at RT because he's also stout unlike Radunz. Honestly, Sewel or Jenkins should be able to play either side because they're both Dancing bears with a lot of strength which can help counter being controlled by guys getting their hands on you. They'll both need reps. While Jenkins had good stats at LT he needs work on optimizing his traits to the position. He can drop from either side but was still better moving forward than back. Sewell is a lot more polished and why he deserved to go much sooner. Jenkins still has everything needed to do the job at a high level and has a greater ability to grow, upside, than others. That said, potential means you ain't done jack yet.And they moved him to RT. Although obviously a part of that was that they already had Taylor Decker.
To your point, NFL.com profile says Sewell is 6'5", 331 lbs, 33 1/4" arms, and 10 3/8" hands. In their summary paragraph, they mention he can have trouble protecting his edges when defenders get into his frame. As near as I can tell, that is one of the bigger concerns when it comes to arm length - defenders being able to get into the OT's frame and push them around. Consequently, that is then when they talk about needing good technique to keep that from happening.
What really irritates me though, from a consistency point of view, is that the NFL.com profile does not mention arm length specifically as a concern for Sewell. Not in the summary paragraph, not in the bullet points for weaknesses. It gets phrased as average body type and some stuff on various techniques.
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