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Hell, Yeatman's next NFL reception will be his first.
I never understood the logic of keeping your 54th guy so someone doesn't sweep him up, and thereby cutting your 53rd guy.
We have the best TE in the NFL. I wouldn't be surprised that they are content with Hooman as a backup, and they appear to be searching for this years version of the blocking TE to complete the position in an offense that will rarely use 2 TEs.
(Even if a healthy GRONK is, by himself, a top 5 "TE unit" in the league.)
Steve Maneri is interesting. He was a developmental favorite of this board back in 2010 when the Pats claimed him from Houston ala Chris Jones last year. There's at least one thread from OffTheGrid from that time claiming his best position would be tight end, not offensive tackle.
He ended up getting claimed by the Chiefs in 2011 off waivers; consensus here was that he was a shoo-in for a second year on the practice squad. They were the ones who moved him to tight end in 2012.
All that aside, the mere fact he's been brought back speaks well for him.
Well, he WAS converted to tackle.
We have the best TE in the NFL. I wouldn't be surprised that they are content with Hooman as a backup, and they appear to be searching for this years version of the blocking TE to complete the position in an offense that will rarely use 2 TEs.
I'm not sure why people expect starters in backup roles, and act as if having a backup as a backup is a negligent job by the organization.
And yes I know the response will be that Gronk could be injured, but it is equally unrealistic to expect starters as backups because of injury history.
What starting caliber TE would come her to sit behind Gronk in what is clearly going to be an offense that rarely uses a second TE expect in short yardage situations?
The player people think is supposed to be a TE is one of the 5-6 deep WR spots, along with Develin, since the Hernandez position has been eliminated and replaced by a combination of 3rd WR and a FB.
In terms of his measurables, I felt the same way. However, reading into Belichick's comments (I know, always a slippery slope), it sounds as if the lack of progression had reached a tipping point.I'm going to hold onto some outside hope that Justin Jones ends up on the PS (although given how early he was released, that's probably not in the Pats' plans). His measurables are just too intriguing... although I guess this is why he went undrafted in the first place.
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I think the coaching staff considers Hooman a capable backup. I think they just brought in TEs with extensive NFL experience.There's a difference in starter quality backup, capable backup, replacement level backup and fringe NFL talent level talent backup. In terms of how reliant they are on Gronk, they don't even have a capable backup. Once again it's all or nothing with the TE position.
I think the coaching staff considers Hooman a capable backup. I think they just brought in TEs with extensive NFL experience.
Other than teams that utilize 2 TEs as their base offense, how many teams do you see with better depth than that?
Of course if the best player in the league at his position gets hurt you are in trouble. Where do you expect to find a starting caliber player willing to sit on the bench behind him?
It's like asking for 4 starting quality corners, 6 starting quality LBs, or in our case 6 starting quality WRs because our base offense is now 3 wides.
Tight End should have been addressed in the draft. I don't know why it wasn't especially considering there were far better UDFA options than Watson and Jones.