Chris Bryant (Tibia), Kaleb Ringer (Knee) Out For The Season
According to Chris Balas at Rivals (TheWolverine):
@Balas_Wolverine OL Chris Bryant out for the yr with a fractured tibia; LB Kaleb Ringer to redshirt in 2012 after successful knee surgery
Hurts depth, for sure.
[BISB - Added Ringer to title]
August 23rd, 2012 at 3:56 PM ^
While Bryant's injury in particular is obviously not good for OL depth by any means, I wish both Kaleb and Chris a full and speedy recovery. Glad to hear that Ringer's surgery was successful though - that at least is good to hear. Never like to hear the words "out for season" associated with an injury, but hopefully they are right back at it as soon as possible.
August 23rd, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
But Ringer was going to RS anyway in my opinion. I don't think he was going to get clearly ahead of Mike Jones (Who?).
Bryant, seemed to be #8 or #9 in the OL rotation.
I don't think this hurts Michigan this year as much as it hurts the development of these PLAYERS.
Ringer may very well be the #2 MLB next year behind Bolden. Bryant could've worked his way into some PT with Omameh being our only RG with experience.
August 23rd, 2012 at 4:52 PM ^
How are you getting the #8 or 9 in the OL rotation?
August 23rd, 2012 at 4:59 PM ^
Obviously (hopefully) you'll never ROTATE that many guys. But what he meant was "guys that we feel comfortable winning with."
I just posted a 1-8 above. I believe Bryant was #9. And that's still an interior OL --- so that is why I don't think his injury hurts us short-term, but it hurts his progression and hurts us in the long-term as he misses out on practice time.
Joey B. and Kyle K. seemed to both be ahead of Bryant, certainly at LG (Bryant played RG). Gunderson was also getting into the mix.
Our biggest issue is we have no depth on the outside. Our 3 guys that would be able to play tackle after Lewan all start (Schofield, Omamah and Mealer).
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:07 PM ^
Ah that makes sense. I wasn't aware that Kalis was ahead of Bryant.
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^
Where did you see/hear that Gunderson was working at RG? He seems kind of tall for the spot. I know Schofield played guard last year but I think he's more athletic than Gunderson.
August 25th, 2012 at 2:48 PM ^
Gunderson has been playing more guard after struggling on the edge at OT. He's really been learning 4 spots on the line for emergency purposes. But hopefully we don't have to get that far down the depth chart.
Also, Schofield played LG, not RG. Omameh played that all year.
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:09 PM ^
August 23rd, 2012 at 6:00 PM ^
Horrible news on Bryant.
I am very concerned about depth along both lines. We retooled them both and our starters should be fine, but depth is needed to win Championships.