Will the change to LG from RG be simple?

One of the biggest acquisitions early in free agency was the signing of J.R. Sweezy, former right guard of the Seattle Seahawks. Sweezy is an aggressive player that made the switch from Dline to RG in the NFL and has turned into quite the offensive lineman. Now the Bucs are asking him to switch positions again from Right guard to Left guard. The transition would seem to be simple right? Looking more into it, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Pro football focus has a nice example of why the switch would be harder than people expect.

Maybe they underestimated the difficulty involved in reversing the mechanics of linemen who were changing sides of the line. It isn’t just as simple as asking a receiver to move across the formation. The entire shift in footwork is something that takes getting used to for a lineman. Everything is mirrored physically, and applying that mentally is not as easy as most people assume.

Looking around the league I found another player who made the switch and now is on another team. Jonathan Cooper a former #7 overall pick for the Cardinals made the switch from LG to RG and had to switch a lot of things around, courtesy of espn.com

After spending his entire career at left guard, Cooper has had to adjust to playing on the right side. But it hasn’t been just a few tweaks here and there. Cooper said the move was starting all over and meant rebuilding himself as a right tackle.

Cooper went through the transition with ups and downs and maybe his team didn't think the change was good enough to keep him as they traded him to the Patriots. Yes, they got a stand out player in Chandler Jones, but were they really just wanting to drop Cooper since he did adapt well to the change?

Sweezy has gone through the biggest change from D-line to O-line so I believe he has what it takes to make the switch, but don't be surprised if there are some bumps on the road to him becoming an exceptional LG as he was at RG.