The San Francisco 49ers will be without left tackle Joe Staley for at least the next two weeks, but the hope is that he returns after the bye, when the 49ers face the Seattle Seahawks in Week 12. He is dealing with an orbital fracture, and it sounds like has an adjustment in mind for when he does get back on the field.
Staley told Eric Branch that he will be sporting a tinted visor to protect his eye. He figures it will be pretty intimidating, and might require some kind of nickname to go with it.
I retweeted the above tweet with a call for nicknames, and have gotten some solid suggestions. Some play on Robocop has gotten the most mentions, but this Joeba Fett photoshop is pretty solid.
Joeba Fett pic.twitter.com/g8Um6KAqiW
— FZA (@Delii_Cr4sher) November 3, 2017
This was another fun photoshop job.
Darth Tackle, proud member of the Knights of Ren! pic.twitter.com/bLOpjqbpI8
— Linus Jørgensen (@LinusJorgensen) November 3, 2017
Here are a few other suggestions. Feel free to offer up your own!
Joebocop
— Simon A (@alfonsogaronso) November 3, 2017
Bazooka Joe
— Niner Alex (@NinerAlex) November 3, 2017
Robo Joe pic.twitter.com/KrJPlRUeDX
— Oscar Aparicio (@BetterRivals) November 3, 2017
Darth Wall
— John Miller (@jmill212) November 3, 2017
O.T. Joe the Great American Hero
— David (@CouthDC) November 3, 2017