G Donald Thomas "ready to go"

Thank goodness.

Hopefully, I'm as large a D Thomas fan as there is, but "ready to go" and "100%" are different things.

Might not be 100% Padre, but I will take ready to go over NOT ready to go at this juncture in the season :up:

It doesn't matter. He is still unproven. He showed talent, and lots of it, but hasn't translated that to an actual game yet.

I am optimistic, but not overly so like so many. I'll reserve judgement until I see him play.

"azfinfanmang wrote:

Might not be 100% Padre, but I will take ready to go over NOT ready to go at this juncture in the season :up:

Well, to be honest I'd prefer if he rehabbed the thing and built his strength back up rather then playing at 80% and in poor conditioning if that makes sense?

Totally agreed on all fronts padre.

Now I'm curious what the injury actually was.

I just opened a cold longneck after reading this.

Aw man you beat me too it! :up: :lol:

Good to hear though!

So if he didn't tear it then what happened that was serious enough for him to miss this much time? I am not an expert in muscle damage.

"Tone_E wrote:

It doesn't matter. He is still unproven. He showed talent, and lots of it, but hasn't translated that to an actual game yet.

I am optimistic, but not overly so like so many. I'll reserve judgement until I see him play.

Actually, he made quite an impression on the New York Jets in Week 1 last year. Remember, he finished that game despite tearing that Lisfranc in the second quarter. ;) Their lineman we're giving him all kinds of props after the game.

Hopefully he's over this rash of injury and can prove he's a mainstay. Otherwise he could be another John Bock.

This is such great news. I'm sure they staff will treat it right. I"m glad he's ready to go to say the least.

If he can bring that small sample size of what he did against the jests for a full year, that would be huge for our line's dominance.

It's great news he'll be ready to go. I was a little worried about not having our best RG prospect on the field at the start of training camp. If he can avoid a setback, this might be bigger than any of us know just yet.

Great News. I'm anxious to watch him play this season.

"Muck wrote:

Actually, he made quite an impression on the New York Jets in Week 1 last year. Remember, he finished that game despite tearing that Lisfranc in the second quarter. ;) Their lineman we're giving him all kinds of props after the game.

Hopefully he's over this rash of injury and can prove he's a mainstay. Otherwise he could be another John Bock.

You and your technicalities. I did a few courses in statistics. One game is not a big enough sample size to draw any conclusions. :tongue2: You are correct though. I forgot the comments made by the Jets.

Heck, even Ginn looked good in one game last season (BUF). Just kidding, that was a joke, please masses, don't harass me. :up:

this is the best news all off season!

Excellent news, we need this kid to work with the starting OL all through TC, get that familiarity going.

I'm going to stay cautiously optimistic about Thomas. His big weakness is lower body strength, which he was probably unable to fully work on this offseason due to his foot injury. Now he has a weakness in his pec. An area of his biggest asset, upper body strength. His story at CONN makes me a big fan, so I've got my fingers crossed.

This is great news.

I really hope for both his sake and that of the team that he can stay healthy for a while.

the Orca-5
Long-Smiley-Grove-Thomas-Carey
the KillerWhales will eat defense alive:up:

as goes the front line goes our 2009 season:yes:may every expectation be realized!

"the 23rd wrote:

the Orca-5
Long-Smiley-Grove-Thomas-Carey
the KillerWhales will eat defense alive:up:

as go es the front line goes our 2009 season:yes:may every expectation be realized!

I believe that if Thomas works out everyone next year will be singing the praises of Carey.

My prayers go out to the middle of our line. If those 3 can stay healthy I'm extremely happy.

"jdang307 wrote:

My prayers go out to the middle of our line. If those 3 can stay healthy I'm extremely happy.

Any team with a good O line will be a good team. It all starts up front.

I just pray that he and the rest of the line would be strong and dominate...not letting nothing get past them.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

I believe that if Thomas works out everyone next year will be singing the praises of Carey.

I agree. Carey is the PanCake Monster, the other bookend of what will come to be an elite offensive line.

worth repeating:
the Orca-5
Long-Smiley-Grove-Thomas-Carey
the KillerWhales will eat defense alive

as goes the front line goes our 2009 seasonmay every expectation be realized!