Tyquan Lewis Activated for JAX game
 

Looks like we'll get our first look at Tyquan Lewis this Sunday:

https://twitter.com/HolderStephen/st...57106474496002

Good.

Our defense was working best when we had good D-Line play.

Hopefully, Hunt is back to 100%, Sheard & Turay are ready to come off the edges and guys like Lewis, Muhammad, Ridgeway and Woods are ready to pusht he middle.

If our defense can get back to doing what they were doing the first 4 weeks of the season with our offense doing what they have been doing in the past 3 weeks, we will win A LOT of games in the second half of the season.

Walk Worthy,

Wild I misunderstood the IR return rules. I thought an IR return could not return until week 11, and only after being out at least 8 weeks. I didnt realize that Only the 8 week rule was in place.

This is ahead of schedule compared to what Reich said after the raiders game:

Regardless, this is fantastic news.

That's different from what I thought, as well. However, I thought the time period was shorter than eight games.

I wonder if they will keep him on a snap count

I think it's possible that they dont?

The reason I'm saying is that he was out the minimum of 8 weeks. To me that suggests that it is possible that he was ready to go a couple weeks ago.

Homer says he could come out there and be a huge difference maker, plus no one has film on the guy since pre-season, and I doubt that Jax expected his return...

Some people in the front office are talking him up quite a bit. Hopefully they’re right.

Does anyone understand them?

I think some peoples’ expectations are too high. They take one quote from BAllard and assume he is going to be as much of an impact player as Leonard, from the 3T position.

It’s not likely. Yeah it’d be awesome. But he’s a rookie with no NFL experience coming off a serious injury. I am hoping to see some flashes of what he does well, and notable progress through the rest of the season.

Talking him up a ton. On Holder’s podcast he said they think he can have a Leonard/Nelson type impact. I’m not holding my breath, but that is some high praise.

Bet he's on a snap count moreso because he's young than anything. He doesn't need to be anything other than rotational in his first game.

That’s what I was thinking. He is likely not in shape for the whole game. Maybe in three weeks, he can play a bit more, but not first game as a rookie.

I'll see your praise and raise you one.......Kevin Bowen was saying on one of The Fan broadcasts this week that they "envision him in a Warren Sapp type role". Now granted that's not saying he will perform at that level but the implication was that he will be special. Makes me very uncomfortable labeling people like that before they've played a single snap that counts.

I was reviewing some of the pre drat write ups on him. One evaluator was playing his tape and said his get off at the snap was faster than Bosa and Jones, both of whom should be first round picks next draft. That he was buried on a very deep OSU defensive line.

Still, I think the praise is getting a little out of hand. Can’t wait for those impatient fans wondering why he is a bust because he doesn’t have a couple sacks in the first few weeks. As racehorse said, it takes several weeks to get in game shape, assuming he has been keeping himself in shape. Also you see a lot of guys get reinjured if they haven’t played in awhile; ie Dez Bryant.

He may play the warren sapp 3-tech role. But Sapp was like 312 pounds, Lewis is 260-270? Big difference there. Still it will be nice seeing him out there and applying pressure up the middle. I just like to temper expectations till I actually see him play a little.

They should've said John Randle. He was undersized and was Sapp before Sapp.

That would be amazing.

And a video analysis of Lewis' play against JAX from Stampede Blue (locaqted here).

Summary:
Walk Worthy,

Sizewise yeah. But that’s an even tougher comparison bc he was a monster and hof’er. Hopefully Lewis only moves inside on passing downs. I would like a bigger 3-tech in the upcoming draft.

Sapp is a Hall of Famer. I was in no way comparing his skill to John Randle, just his size. That said, apparently his get off and hand usage was pretty good on Sunday, which is a good sign for him. He certainly has a long way to go before a Randle comparison is legitimate for anything but size.

Yeah I know you weren't saying he is Randle. If he is a fourth of what Randle was it would be a good pick.