Artis Hicks Could Start At Left Guard In The Cleveland Browns' Opener If He Can Learn The Offense In Time
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Artis Hicks could start at left guard in the Cleveland Browns' opener if he can learn the offense in time
BEREA -- If only new Browns guard Artis Hicks could remember the offense he ran in Philadelphia from 2002 to '05 when he was there with current Browns coach Pat Shurmur and current Browns General Manager Tom Heckert, starting at left guard Sunday against the Bengals would be a no-brainer.
Instead, the Browns will have to see how quickly the 10th-year pro can refresh his memory before they decide whether or not to start him in place of rookie Jason Pinkston.
"He's a very veteran guy that's played guard and tackle, so we're going to get him up to speed as quickly as possible," said Shurmur. "Right now, we've got Jason Pinkston in there, but we'll see. There's a little bit of work left to do, and we're really not saying right now who the starter's going to be."
Hicks, who signed his one-year deal and practiced with the team Monday, worked at both guard and tackle. He was needed some on the outside because starting right tackle Tony Pashos showed up at practice in a walking boot.
But Shurmur indicated Pashos, who missed 10 games with a right ankle injury that required surgery last year, will be fine for the opener.
I hope he is hungry enough to fill in and do the job. with him being a ten year veteran makes me feel better about starting the season when our O-line took some hits in pre season.
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Pashos is/was in a walking boot???
And he will be ready this weekend?
Hmmph. I'll bet we end up seeing Hicks at RT.
Really nice pick up.
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Seems to be a classic H&H pickup- listening to him talk, high character guy and intelligent. REBS has been screamign for some vets, and he's got one.
BTW, Pashos in the walking boot is supposed to be "precautionary". Maybe it's a little different when you weigh 300+ pounds, but I wouldn't put one of those on unless my foot was seriously boogered up. And it's kind of hard to do any running in one of those, so even if he does play Sunday, you'd have to think Pashos is going to have to be spelled- frequently.
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Pashos, in Greek, means walking boot.
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