How Do U Feel About Stephen Heyer's Progress??

[MTK]

Has he ever played guard? Might be a bit much to expect him to learn a new position this late in camp.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Has he ever played guard? Might be a bit much to expect him to learn a new position this late in camp.

I think we're all going a little nuts (not anyone specifically here but on a lot of skins boards) with this..."hey this guy plays oline, lets make him a left gaurd" type thing...I think thats why it was a big risk to put our LG all on having Todd Wade play there this season...he looks like (again, just one game he's played) but he looks like he may not workout.....but I dont think we can just expect anyone whos played on the oline to be able to play left gaurd.

[Rajmahal33]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Has he ever played guard? Might be a bit much to expect him to learn a new position this late in camp.

Stephon Heyer will NEVER be a guard in the NFL...I have watched him behind the scenes at Maryland and his achilles heal was, and still is, that he doesn't get low enough. He almost stands too tall even for a tackle and this causes him to have pretty bad footwork. He can survive at tackle because of his raw size, but the second u ask him to pull (as a guard) he will be exposed. After talking with him for about 5 minutes or even overhearing his interactions with the coaches its also obvious that he doesn't have the mental toughness/mean streak that successful NFL guards and centers usually have. However his counterpart at maryland (Jared Gaither) had/has great footwork and is much more versatile. I bet he is going to be good in this league too (as he stepped in for ogden this week and didn't do horribly). Don't get me wrong I love Heyer and I want to see him do really well. I just wouldnt put my money on him succeeding at any spot other than tackle.

[jgalecpa]

Originally Posted by Rajmahal33

Stephon Heyer will NEVER be a guard in the NFL...I have watched him behind the scenes at Maryland and his achilles heal was, and still is, that he doesn't get low enough. He almost stands too tall even for a tackle and this causes him to have pretty bad footwork. He can survive at tackle because of his raw size, but the second u ask him to pull (as a guard) he will be exposed. After talking with him for about 5 minutes or even overhearing his interactions with the coaches its also obvious that he doesn't have the mental toughness/mean streak that successful NFL guards and centers usually have. However his counterpart at maryland (Jared Gaither) had/has great footwork and is much more versatile. I bet he is going to be good in this league too (as he stepped in for ogden this week and didn't do horribly). Don't get me wrong I love Heyer and I want to see him do really well. I just wouldnt put my money on him succeeding at any spot other than tackle.

Seems like a pretty good analysis.

Looks like a 'wait and see' on this guy.

Wait 3 weeks and see Samuels come back.

Seriously, he has done better than I expected.