George Fant’s injury is, as Pete Carroll put it, ‘heartbreaking’.
His rise from undrafted free agent/basketball player to starting left tackle was meteoric. His occasional struggles last year were predictable and his improved play in the first two pre-season games of 2017 was encouraging.
Early in the game against Minnesota he handled $58m pass rusher Everson Griffen not once but twice:
Vikings new $60 million man Everson Griffen gets absolutely stonewalled by LT George Fant on the first play of the game pic.twitter.com/G3NfFpJde6
— Ben Baldwin (@guga31bb) August 19, 2017
Fant manhandling Griffen again pic.