Stephon Heyer-Our Right Tackle!!

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

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.

Well, I am. I won't forget the game where Jansen "twisted" his ankle. And we had this rookie come in. That dude was huge. I mean, he's like 7ft tall, 300 something pounds! And his hair cut! No wonder his teammates call him "Wookie". He had some issues but for someone that we hadn't seen before he did very well. He was pass blocking well. Run blocking well. And he was doing this all from the right side of the line. He is a left tackle. Not a right tackle, but a left one. And all of a sudden this rookie is playing the right side of the line. He did very well that game. Especially in overtime.

I won't forget we were 3rd and 5 and just outside of field goal range. They ran it to the right. Heyer got under a much shorter lineman and just literally carried him out of the hole. He pushed him five or ten yards. Parted that freakin sea. Portis was able to pick up 15 yards and then just laid down. The game was over.

Heyer can do it. He's done it from the left side. He's done it on the right side. Its time to give him a full time job at one position. Let him develope there. And Don't forget that Samuels wasn't the best run blocker when we drafted him either. That was something the coaches really had to work with him on. After several years Samuels became darn good at it.