Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by NCommand:
The problem with this take is he NEEDS the snap counts to learn how to pass rush and destroy the QB. And the less he plays, the more injuries he gets thus far. In short, this has become another "COVID off season" for him and to Hero's original point, it's already becoming the next excuse for fans...like OL issues affecting Trey despite his mobility. If fans paid more attention to reality than defending, they'd be in a better, more realistic space. Kinlaw has actually had less snaps than Hurd.
Think about that for a moment.
And Hurd's my boy but I'm certainly not in his thread defending him and his low snap count this off season.
PS: Same concept for Aaron Banks. We're counting big time on players like Kinlaw and Banks...Hurd too.
So you say. I'd say you'd have more of a case for that if he wasn't dominating our OL when he did practice this offseason. Perhaps he's confident because he knows the work he put in and it's simply a matter of getting him healthy for the offseason vs having him power through an injury which can easily get worse and linger during games that matter?
You know I love you NC but your thing with Kinlaw is comical. Hurd hasn't seen the field when it matters to show us anything. We've seen Kinlaw, we know the guy needs development. Practice is a need but it's not a must. His work on technique is stuff more he needs to work on in the offseason.
Not to mention you claim Bosa has practiced a ton while saying Kinlaw has been out there less than Hurd. Kinlaw has actually been in on team drills, Nick has not. Not sure how you're saying he's been out there more than Javon.
Either way to me it's not an issue at this point. I'd rather he be healthy for week 1 than get practice reps. That goes for any player on the team, even the rookies.
I'm not sure where you're getting your pre season reports from where he's dominating the OL in the massively limited snaps he's taken thus far, but to each his own I guess.
My take is he, like Trey, and Banks and Hurd, are raw coming in and these off season and pre season snaps are critical to them being in position to not only play but to be relied upon and develop into the critical players we need to make a deep run. QB, 3T, FWR, RG...critical positions that have already proven to cost us in the past.
And right now, only Trey is getting those snaps. The rest are unavailable.
I don't even know how one could refute that let alone justify it with just a couple weeks to go.
[ Edited by NCommand on Aug 22, 2021 at 9:50 AM ]