Lucas Update

[Smellyman]

His frame looks like he could easily handle some additional lbs. Should start hanging out with DJ Fluker and his trainer

320 is plenty big for an RT. he is already a road grader and can set an anchor. He is really light on his feet with his 4.9 40, what you don't want is to make his feet slower.

 

[Hawkspeed]

Abraham Lucas is from my "hometown" Everett, Wa, so I have been hoping for him to have a successful career.
He has been playing at a high level here in Washington State for a long time. This can take a toll on the body and sometimes that "toll" is "inflammation" in an otherwise healthy joint. There is a condition called "Bursitis" that can come from chronic (extended time) "over use" of a joint (I am just guessing about this). I have not read about him having any serious "structural" knee problems.
So, maybe the surgery, physical rest and time off that his body has received will have helped him to heal.
Even if he is a little bit "broken"...he is still a powerful player.

 

[pmedic920]

His frame looks like he could easily handle some additional lbs. Should start hanging out with DJ Fluker and his trainer

Adding weight adds stress to the knees.

He’s a beast at whatever weight he WAS playing at, I don’t agree that adding weight is in his (or our) best interests.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Adding weight is a good thing? No

 

[toffee]

320 is plenty big for an RT. he is already a road grader and can set an anchor. He is really light on his feet with his 4.9 40, what you don't want is to make his feet slower.

Cross might benefit from more muscle, he's the one with problem setting an anchor.

 

[sutz]

Adding weight is a good thing? No

Not always. Of course, he would have to add the right kind of weight, as in the kind that doesn't slow him down.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Yup

 

[Fresno Hawk]

Looks like he is in shape. It's a positive.

 

[PateratoWilson]

Adding weight is a good thing? No

Certainly hasn’t worked for me.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Certainly hasn’t worked for me.

+1.

The table muscle is strong here

 

[SeaWolv]

I was hoping this was trending positive but after reading this I'm not so sure anymore.

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1779655/how-concerning-is-abraham-lucas-status-for-seahawks/

But given Lucas’ status and Macdonald’s comments, what’s the level of concern about his health going forward? “The closer it gets to the preseason, the higher it gets,” former NFL wide receiver Michael Bumpus said Thursday during Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy. “I think last week, last month, I felt better about it, but obviously he ain’t right.”

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'm just surprised a bunch of people are not saying that the front office should have magically known that Lucas would have injury issues before drafting him.

 

[seabowl]

I'm just surprised a bunch of people are not saying that the front office should have magically known that Lucas would have injury issues before drafting him.

No, but fire all the doctors

 

[SoulfishHawk]

each and every one of them

 

[King Dog]

I was hoping this was trending positive but after reading this I'm not so sure anymore.

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1779655/how-concerning-is-abraham-lucas-status-for-seahawks/

Yeah, I was pretty skeptical when they signed Fant. We'll see one way or another.

 

[Maelstrom787]

He's working hard, but the chances are increasingly dismal that he'll go on to have a normal career at this rate.

I am extremely happy that we have George Fant to help get us through. RT will need to be a priority in the draft (barring miraculous development from one of our rooks, like Jarrell)

 

[AROS]

Sadly I do not have a good feeling about Abe's situation AT ALL. The fact that it is almost August and he has yet to sniff any kind of practicing, reps or drills...Not good. Perhaps more than the LB and interior OL question marks, I find the Abe situation to be my biggest bummer so far heading into the 2024 season.

 

[Tech Worlds]

You know what's wierd?.....they won't tell us exactly what's wrong or exactly what he had done to his knee..
Super secret sis.

 

[SeaWolv]

Sadly I do not have a good feeling about Abe's situation AT ALL. The fact that it is almost August and he has yet to sniff any kind of practicing, reps or drills...Not good. Perhaps more than the LB and interior OL question marks, I find the Abe situation to be my biggest bummer so far heading into the 2024 season.

The article did he say he was running at full speed so he is getting some work in, just not enough to show he's near where he needs to be.

 

[Aircrew]

Sadly I do not have a good feeling about Abe's situation AT ALL. The fact that it is almost August and he has yet to sniff any kind of practicing, reps or drills...Not good. Perhaps more than the LB and interior OL question marks, I find the Abe situation to be my biggest bummer so far heading into the 2024 season.

This.