Wade: Day to day with sprained knee, thoughts on Heyer.

[WillH]

Stephon is a really exciting prospect considering the age of our O-line and lack of depth. I don't know much about the technique and what not of O-linemen, but every indication is that this kid is turning out to be quite the diamond in the rough. Well, that may be overstating it, but he will certainly be valuable depth for the next couple years, and if he keeps progressing I think you're absolutely right that he could be a future starter on our O-line, and perhaps a very good one.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by WillH

Stephon is a really exciting prospect considering the age of our O-line and lack of depth. I don't know much about the technique and what not of O-linemen, but every indication is that this kid is turning out to be quite the diamond in the rough. Well, that may be overstating it, but he will certainly be valuable depth for the next couple years, and if he keeps progressing I think you're absolutely right that he could be a future starter on our O-line, and perhaps a very good one.

I don't understand why people say we dint have depth on the offensive line, we lost our whole right side and we still have offensive line like Heyer that can go in. The problem is that every game we have a bunch of players going down and that is the why we are 5-5. To many injuries for any team to deal with.

[WillH]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

I don't understand why people say we dint have depth on the offensive line, we lost our whole right side and we still have offensive line like Heyer that can go in. The problem is that every game we have a bunch of players going down and that is the why we are 5-5. To many injuries for any team to deal with.

Yeah you're right. Going into the season I was worried about the depth of the O-line, and what a couple of injuries would do, but noone ever expected the amount of injuries sustained by the O-line, and now after a little bit of time together they are starting to look better (meaning just a little below-average, which is as much as you can expect from a patchwork line). They really have surprised me the past 3 weeks.

That said, I think it is still fairly obvious that we need some young depth on the line to replace our old guys in the next few years, and hopefully next year with Heyer and a few key young additions to our depth, we wont even skip a beat in the event of an injury to a key guy.

[GMScud]

As an undrafted FA rookie, Heyer is literally getting better every day. He filled in nicely for Wade, and I'll think he'll be fine as a stop gap for a game or so. My worry is that our current starters on the line have gelled quite well over the last few games, and I don't want anything else (short of Randy Thomas' return) messing with their chemistry. But if Heyer has to start I won't be worried.