Give it up for Heyer!

The inherent advantage in putting Heyer at guard could be that he's right next to the center, which could help to limit his chronic false starts. He's an above average NFL tackle after the snap, but if you play him for 70 snaps, you're certain to get at least three false starts.

I was pleasantly surprised by Heyer. Three cheers!

I never thought I would say that..Wow!!

Id say start that entire group together next weekend. Titans D-line is very solid. Heyer played extremely well. Montgomery at Center I thought was just as impressive.

Even though Rabach is an open door most of the time I was concerned when he went out but Montgomery held his own. I was shocked at the push that the line started to get as the game went on. McNabb didn't have an infinite amount of space in the pocket but for the most part there was one. Good running lanes, it was just a good game played by the team.

I agree that yesterday was the best offensive line play that I had seen all year and it came from patchwork. I think that they might have struck silver. Keep them together where they are at for the rest of the season and see if they turn to gold.

The inherent advantage in putting Heyer at guard could be that he's right next to the center, which could help to limit his chronic false starts. He's an above average NFL tackle after the snap, but if you play him for 70 snaps, you're certain to get at least three false starts.

GT, you've always said he's been the most consistent o linemen this year. I am surprised though that you say he's above avg. I always thought he was a decent pass blocker but not very good at run blocking & blocking downfield.

I would also guess that he's not strong enough ideally to play guard & w/his problems in getting his center of gravity lower, it would seem he'd get mauled by strong, quick DTs & NGs the way Rabach does.

Make it permanent like they did with Leonard Davis.

I think yesterday showed why Mike Shanahan has always been so insistent that his linemen be versatile

Exactly.

I have been in general a supporter of his this year. I think if he has to start 16 games at tackle you're line is in trouble. If he is your primary backup and gets spot duty then he is valuable guy. Maybe he isn't a top 30 tackle but he is in the next 30 probably.

I was definitely suprised by the great job our backups did against Tennessee, especially on the interior of the offensive line. It wasn't just Heyer that came in and did well, Montgomery played well at center and Lichtensteiger didn't have a bad game either. Huge props to them because yesterday was one of those rare times when McNabb had plenty of time to throw, at least when he wasn't tripping on their feet or slipping on the Titan's crappy field.