Hang in there Stephon your time is gonna come
The Redskins made a good decision to start Todd Wade at right tackle over Stephon Heyer in the wake of losing Jon Jansen for the season to injury. My argument was here and the team concurred. This is why the Redskins signed Todd to a two year six million dollar deal back in March of this year.
The WaPo piece linked above has some good background on Todd, even includes this little tidbit:
Internally, some coaches and players believed Wade's skills were comparable to Jansen's, perhaps even superior in certain nuances of pass protection, but Jansen had just received a huge contract extension and starting left guard Derrick Dockery departed in free agency...and the team wanted some continuity. There you go.
Stephon will be the primary backup to both tackle positions, and he has a huge upside for the future, maybe even the future this season.
Man I got to update that depth chart.
Redskins rookie tackle Stephon Heyer tangling with three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Joey Porter: Don Wright / redskins.com from here.
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