Will Fries

He's gonzo.

Fries and Kelly were the flip side of the coin to Greenard/AVG...

I dont know where that leaves Hargrave & Allen.

Fries hasn’t been great, but I think Darrisaw and O’Neill have been worse.

Agreed. I was so wrong on Fries. I truly figured he was going to be a mauler he was prior to his broken leg.

Some players just don't ever recover from injuries, whether physical or mental, it may end up being both. Frankly, I don't think Mahomes has been the same since his ankle injury as he cannot trust his body the way he used to. Hock is one who has taken at least two years to recover and even still, may not be back to form prior to the injury. I was high on Fries and very frustrated that he is performing well under his value.

I do like Huber, but we need Jackson back healthy and find the void left by Fries in FA and/or the draft this coming year.

O'Neil is actually having a decent year if you want to believe PFF scores:

• He's ranked 10th (out of 74) overall for RT's in pass blocking and 44th in Run Blocking

• Darrisaw is 38 overall (out of 71) 16th in pass blocking and 59th in rub blocking

So neither is distinguishing themselves in the run game and both are scoring higher in pass pro.

I think the bigger issue is IOL, especially after we lost Jackson for the year.

IceRatz16 wrote:

Agreed. I was so wrong on Fries. I truly figured he was going to be a mauler he was prior to his broken leg.

Some players just don't ever recover from injuries, whether physical or mental, it may end up being both. Frankly, I don't think Mahomes has been the same since his ankle injury as he cannot trust his body the way he used to. Hock is one who has taken at least two years to recover and even still, may not be back to form prior to the injury. I was high on Fries and very frustrated that he is performing well under his value.

I do like Huber, but we need Jackson back healthy and find the void left by Fries in FA and/or the draft this coming year.

@Mb called this out early and I was hoping he was wrong...The outlier for Fries was the one year (or 1/2 year) in Indy b4 getting injured. He's regressed to his play b4 that injury here.

I also was hoping he'd bounce back after a full year removed from the injury.

purplefaithful wrote:

@Mb called this out early and I was hoping he was wrong...The outlier for Fries was the one year (or 1/2 year) in Indy b4 getting injured. He's regressed to his play b4 that injury here.
I also was hoping he'd bounce back after a full year removed from the injury.

He only had a handful of good games before the injury at Indy. He's slow and he's weak. He's not likely to improve with technique. An expensive Kwesi miss. Huber isn't great but has potential to be better. The Vikings could benefit from another average to above average guard.