Notes from Voluntary Practice

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(05-29-2025, 08:04 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I'm probably more negative of Lucas Patrick than I should be, but the dude hasn't played significant snaps at RG since 2020.
Between his nearly 500 snaps at LG last year and >900 snaps at both OG spots in 2020 though (the only two years he played a good number of snaps at OG), he only allowed 3 sacks and 26 total pressures, so he may be ok.
I just am very nervous for someone who hasn't been a full-season starter at OG in 5 years.

And as much optimism as I may have in Fairchild's potential, there's a reason he wasn't projected as a 1st rounder and didn't go until 3rd round. He does have some growth/work to do.

So while I am not ready to say it's much of an upgrade over the previous guys, I am willing to say there's more optimism than before.

I getcha, but okay is better than terrible and I agree I wish they went and got a Risner/Scherff/Hernandez as well when the time comes to 
really ensure the IOL being better. We will see if our optimism is founded in reality once the real games play. I like Patrick better than Volson
already and Fairchild to me is much more pro ready than Volson ever was and he gets lower and has longer arms than Ratledge.

I bet if we selected Ratledge everyone would be much happier, but we don't really know who will be the better pro. Staying too high and 
having short arms have killed a lot of Lineman transitioning from college to the NFL.

(05-29-2025, 09:59 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I realize I'm a glass-half-full fan, and that doesn't often play well around here, but we could look at every Preseason since Zac has been here and easily identify a probable cause.

Year 1- Rookie season and turning over the roster of a team that hadn't had a winning record in 3 years

Year 2- New QB with no Training Camp due to Covid (Also, Zac's last losing season)

Year 3- Sophomore QB recovering from a ACL tear

Year 4- QB devastated by a ruptured Appendix committed 5 turnovers in an opening 3-point loss to PIT

Year 5- QB suffered a calf injury in which he never recovered from until about week 6

Year 6- Qb returning from a season-ending wrist injury, star WR disrupts the entire preseason with antics, and #2 WR out

Year 7- Looking good so far (4 the offense)

All great points. Hopefully this is the year we don't have near as many strange things happening.