tombonneau
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Wanted to get a poll going in light of AHern release. So there is speculation Pats might sign Dave Thomas or Dallas Clark to fill that roll. Curious what people here think. I'm also putting in option of abandoning the 2 TE offense as that could be a reality.
They have Ballard and Gronk who were going to be every down players anyways. Hernandez is a slot player, not a tight end. 2006 Dallas Clark was the best ever at that role, 2013 Dallas Clark needs to retire.
If anything, they should be looking for another wideout. They should have been doing that in the first place.
The 2 TE system is done. Unless you can find a way to pry a Jimmy Graham or Vernon Davis away from someone, you're not going to get the same production as you were getting from the Gronk/Ahern combo. Instead of trying to replace Hernandez, you might as well just move on from the system. Not saying a guy like Ballard can't be used in this offense when Gronk is healthy, it just can't be nearly as big of a part of the gameplan as it was with Hernandez.
They can always throw Tebow in as a blocking TE, or even a short yardage TE. Remember that Coach B's comments about how difficult he was to bring down being one of the most difficult things to gameplan against him.
They can always throw Tebow in as a blocking TE, or even a short yardage TE. Remember that Coach B's comments about how difficult he was to bring down being one of the most difficult things to gameplan against him.
I have no words for those who think that Tebow is a better blocker than our current backup TE's.
Choosing to have more of a 3 WR offense than a 2 WR-2 TE offense would not be my preference. After all, we must look at the quality of our wide receivers.
I expect that we will be fine with Gronk, Ballard and Hooman. Obviously we also have Fells and the UDFA. We have solid TE depth.
They can always throw Tebow in as a blocking TE, or even a short yardage TE. Remember that Coach B's comments about how difficult he was to bring down being one of the most difficult things to gameplan against him.
I'd add Clark if any of them. He is more of a Hernandez type of TE. Ballard and Gronk are more of end of the line TEs (although Gronk is used in motion and on rare occassions the slot). Clark is more of a split out TE and motion TE.