Stephon Heyer-Our Right Tackle!!

I recently purchased NFL Game Rewind off of NFL.com and I was watching all of the Skins games from last season and I tell you I came away impressed with Heyer. He is an amazing pass blocker if only he could get stronger at the point of attack in the running game. It seems like Samuels was getting more help than Heyer when we passed te ball. I hope he does get the start for the upcoming season. Heyer will be someone to watch this season as an up-and-comer. When Jansen came into the starting the lineup the running game picked up steam but the passing went down considerably. If we are going to better offensively in the passing game than Heyer is your guy. I believe he could be the left tackle and moved Samuels to the right tackle for some balance since left tackle really is known for their pass blocking and the right tackle for their running blocking.

Like others have noted Heyer flashes pretty impressive talent. His issues are run-blocking, where he looks like a giant lost puppy part of the time, and staying healthy through a season (i don't think he's been able to do this yet).

I think Heyer will hold his own this year. I didn't think he played bad last year when he was at RT.

I'm always amused by the enthusiasm of your thread titles : )

I still think Heyer has a lot of upside and alot of potential. I'm still hesitant to be very excited about him starting at right tackle next year if he ends up winning the job... he has started quite a few games for us already, and for being an undrafted free agent, he has done a heck of a job so far and only looks to get better. However, I still am a little leary of him starting in 2009.

Heyer at LT? Pass.

Is he even as good as Bridges?

Heyer at LT? Pass.

Come on now. I almost spit my cereal on the laptop.

Heyer at LT? Pass.

My sentiments exactly.

Problem is the hole in Heyer's game is so huge that we have to always run left when we really need to get yards on the ground. It makes us too predictable. That's why Zorn started Jansen at the end of last season, despite Jansen being relatively worthless.

I don't care how good a pass blocker he is, if he doesn't get significantly better as a run blocker this season, I'll be screaming for us to grab a top RT in next year's draft.

I don't care how good a pass blocker he is, if he doesn't get significantly better as a run blocker this season, I'll be screaming for us to grab a top RT in next year's draft.

My prediction is Bridges is the starting RT come week 1. I'm not as high on Heyer as some are. The kid has potential but he still has some pretty glaring weaknesses in run blocking and he needs to be more consisent overall.

Bridges is more physical and more polished at this point. I think he will beat Heyer out.