Randy Thomas placed on IR

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too bad he couldn't make it back

That's a shame...but it's for the best, and it gets another veteran OL back into the mix.

Losing Thomas really hurt the running game this season. You really have to wonder what could have been had our OL been intact and healthy all year.

That sucks.

I wonder who they will sign putting him on IR obviously was a move to make more room for the roster.

yeah was really hoping he would come back and contribute for the playoff push

I wonder who they will sign putting him on IR obviously was a move to make more room for the roster.

Rick DeMulling

He was just on the radio and really thought going into the game against the Bears that he was ready to play. He said that he had regained most of his strength before the injuy occured. When he started the game he found that holding off the big D linemen that his arm started giving him trouble so he came out of the game. He met with the coaching staff and they just decided it was better to put him on IR.

Gotta give them all props for the way the handled this. They gave it a shot and it didn't work out but they tried. At least it isn't a "loss" at this point. We haven't had him all year.

Losing Thomas really hurt the running game this season. You really have to wonder what could have been had our OL been intact and healthy all year.

First, props to Randy for trying. He is one of my favorites and I hope he comes back strong next year.

Second - given the age of our line, I think that any expectation that it would be "intact and healthy" all year would be unreasonable.

IMHO - To expect success from our line this year, the staff needed to have quality depth (not pro bowl depth, but solid starter depth) to cover for at least two long term injuries. I do not believe it did. It brought in retreads who have no future here and expected a committment to exellence from them. As has been shown, not gonna happen.

I am not sure whether the problem lays in talent aquisition (i.e. - we want a player but haven't been able to get him), the inability to coach'em up (we got someone with talent but just can't get them up to snuff), or the inability to judge ability (we thought he had talent but, instead, he's just a turnstile with legs). For whatever reason, we have had a number of young lineman through and none have stuck.

I keep harping on it, we have not developed good talent to back up our quality starters. As such, the O-line is and will be (for the forseeable future) the main thing holding this team back. It is unconscienable that THIS staff - which built championships founded in solid line play - failed on this fundamental aspect.