patsfan55
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He is versatile, can play CB and ST's, should contribute rite out of the gate.
Would like embarrassment of riches at TE - like we've seen in the past. (I.e., what if Gronk AND Hernandez pan out at the next level?)
That outcome would augur for Gronk's pass-catching to be concentrated in RZ target and move-the-chains role, if used at all. Hernandez will play Jason Witten on TV. Some balls will go to Gronk so you're never sure just why he's there - but he won't be used primarily as a pass-catching threat. I don't think Hernandez will ever be of much use as a blocker of any sort LOL.
Also believe both represent a skill set that, with up-side reached, would give us a direction to go, with the other "sort of panning out" making the haul satisfactory.
There's a certain amount of redundancy to address the odds in this combo pack of picks, but enough variance b/w the two that we mitigate the "risk" of both panning out. I.e., if we hadn't picked Gronk, I don't think we'd pick Hernandez; we'd go w/a guy w/better blocking skills. But the plan was likely to get both skill sets. In other words I think this role combo is by design.
ZOLTAAAAAAAAAAAAN THE PUNTEEEEEEEER!
Yes. Him.
Not Jason Witten on top of a transvestite. I meant it in the "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" way.
Just a too-clever-by-half way of saying he'll be our TE that can become a matchup nightmare for LBs and make downfield grabs.
I still don't get it. If anyone plays Witten on TV, it's going to be Gronk. Hernandez will excel in the gap between LB/CB, too quick and athletic for a LB to cover and too big and physical for a CB to cover. It will be a big risk to drop a safety to pick up Hernandez because that leaves one CB on an island with help that may or may not be coming because the other S or nickelback usually cheats over to Moss's side.
What I'm saying is that the Gronk pick is likely to have a TE who can move chains and threaten on occasion in the red zone, but primarily to block.
I just threw out a TE I think of as a pass-catching TE when I said Hernandez would play Jason Witten on TV. Who should I say? Gates? Clark?