And as Bozeman has seen in his career, having the ability to play different positions could be a valuable asset in the long run.

“In the old words of Joe D’Alessandro, my old offensive line coach in Baltimore that passed a way a couple of years ago, ‘You’ve got to cross train.’ You’ve got to cross train and it helps the team,” Bozeman said. “You never know what’s going to happen out there.”

Bozeman later added: “Whatever it may be, you have that guy that could step in and be able to play that position is a huge asset.”

Next up for Johnson is getting live reps at center with the pads on.

“I do want to get Zion playing center in pads, get that under our belt,” Harbaugh said.

The offensive lineman has not lined up center during the two padded practices so far in training camp, as it was Bozeman’s turn each time they’ve put them on.

It will be an important step that Harbaugh and the team will have their eye on.

“We’re going to want to see that. But the first two steps are the most important and our guys do a good job to make it as close to game-like as you can get,” Harbaugh said. “I already know, I’ve already seen that he can play the position, whether it’s guard or center, at a very high level.

“But the snapping, the making of the calls, that’s where he doesn’t have the time on task that those who have been playing center year after year have,” Harbaugh added.

Johnson is looking forward to more reps as well and however the room shakes out, the pair of linemen are focused on the main goal — help the group however they can.

“[They are] very important. That’s something the staff and our room have been talking about a lot, Boze playing guard and me playing center,” Johnson said. “We got to get the live reps together to build that chemistry, so that’s definitely something we’ve been talking about and thinking about implementing.”

Johnson later added: “I want to help the team in any way possible, whether that’s left guard, I played right guard and now I have experience at center. However they see fit, I’m willing to plug in there and help best way I can.”