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Ickey is fuging garbage - the official thread™


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He'll show you flashes and then poo the bed. Hard to say if he's a bust or just needs more time to develop.

People forget he was viewed as a very raw player coming into the draft. He played well as a rookie but not as good as many seem to think.

We shouldn't jump the gun with him but if he continues to struggle at tackle we need to move him inside in the offseason and sign or draft a true LT.

For the record, I was a Charles Cross fan in that draft and had him as the #1 tackle prospect specifically because he was a good pass protector.

You can have all the big "hog mollies" up front you want but if they can't protect the QB then it doesn't matter how well they are in other areas.

Having said that, Ickey would be an outstanding guard so I don't think all is lost if he doesn't turn it around and left tackle.

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1 hour ago, Castavar said:

Move him to guard already and stop bullsh*tting around.

Christensen might be small but he can play the LT spot till we can draft a class LT who can play the position. He can't be any worse than what we are seeing from Ickey this year. We can hope it is 2nd year growing pains and his 3rd year will be better.

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