Heyer Injured

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Two consecutive years now, Heyer's been an above average RT. I think we forget that because last year he was so ungodly disasterous on the left side, that we judged his abilities early. But the biggest problem is that he just looked like a RT on the left side. His footwork was terrible. He's never had that problem on the right side.

Of course, the interior line is the cause of concern. There's Thomas, and who knows what we can get out of him the rest of his career. There's Rabach, and we know perfectly well what we're getting out of him the rest of his career. And Dockery, well, the last time he was here, Rabach and Thomas were quality offensive lineman. He's still the best out of the three, but best case scenario, we get our money's worth when he does an adequate job filling into Pete Kendall's shoes.

Outside of a nice half season from Fabini in 2007, and a good game or two from Mike Pucillo and Rabach here and there, the last time we had a decent C or RG was 2006. Tackle might be the least of the lines concerns, especially since Samuels seems to be back in top form.

Well there again GT doesn't it count for something how much positive news we're hearing about Rinehart, the fact we've got a seasoned vet in Bridges (probably a better RG than RT) and a guy who adds about 30 more pounds to the line in big Dock (over Pete)? There's not much defense for Rabach, but what I'm saying is it seems almost certain he'll be sandwiched between better guards than we had last year.