Is Hernandez switching to full blown wideout?

[eagle eye]

I'm trying to make sense of it all at the moment. Then they re-sign Ojinaka and the only thing that makes sense now is Hernandez becoming a full blown wide receiver.

Like Edelman has been injured, Price hasn't even got a rep yet. So who else is there?

 

[JackBauer]

No. By moving him to wideout you'd be giving up the opportunity to exploit mismatches.

 

[eagle eye]

No. By moving him to wideout you'd be giving up the opportunity to exploit mismatches.

We've got Gronk too you know.

 

[JackBauer]

We've got Gronk too you know.

Point being....?

 

[Synovia]

I'm trying to make sense of it all at the moment. Then they re-sign Ojinaka and the only thing that makes sense now is Hernandez becoming a full blown wide receiver.

Like Edelman has been injured, Price hasn't even got a rep yet. So who else is there?

Or, like they've already done this year, they're planning on a lot more 2TE, 2WR, with Welker and Tate on the field most of the time.

 

[Rob0729]

First, Hernandez isn't moving. Several teams have their TE as their primary or secondary target (and it isn't even close between them and the guys behind them) like Antonio Gates, Jason Witten, or Dallas Clark. He doesn't have to move position to be more of a target.

Second, just because they resigned Ojinaka doesn't mean they won't acquire another WR who can start or be # 3. Ojinaka was probably cut because someone else was more important to be added for the game in Miami. The plan may have always been to resign Ojinaka this week.

 

[eagle eye]

Point being....?

Gronk is a beast who can catch balls and we have Crumpler too. Its not like the team loses much by switching him out wide imo.

 

[patsfan13]

Hernandez will be like D Clark or C Cooley in the way he is used (can be better than either IMO).

 

[Synovia]

Gronk is a beast who can catch balls and we have Crumpler too. Its not like the team loses much by switching him out wide imo.

Hernandez is significantly better in the recieving game than Gronk. That doesn't mean hes a good Wide Receiver. It means hes a good receiver for a TE.

 

[Uncle Rico]

My guess is Ojinaka becomes a game-day inactive and Price starts playing. He should be caught up from the time he missed b/c of school obligations.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Point being....?

Hernandez against CBs is a pretty significant mismatch in its own right, if that's the way we take it. It also makes his shortcomings as a blocker a lot less relevant. I doubt a wholesale change will be made, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him worked into a more WR-esque role in some capacity, ala Dallas Clark. It would certainly make outside runs to his side of the field interesting to see.

 

[dhamz]

Moving Hernandez to WR makes perfect sense if the goal was to weaken 2 positions.

 

[JackBauer]

Hernandez against CBs is a pretty significant mismatch in its own right, if that's the way we take it. It also makes his shortcomings as a blocker a lot less relevant. I doubt a wholesale change will be made, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him worked into a more WR-esque role in some capacity, ala Dallas Clark. It would certainly make outside runs to his side of the field interesting to see.

I agree, but I don't think they're going to make him a pure wideout. I'm sure they'll have him all over the field so it's basically semantics, but it seems likely, as you say, that he'll be used in a Dallas Clark-esque capacity.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

I agree, but I don't think they're going to make him a pure wideout. I'm sure they'll have him all over the field so it's basically semantics, but it seems likely, as you say, that he'll be used in a Dallas Clark-esque capacity.

Hernandez is what he is, an H Back. He runs decent routes, has decent hands and is above average getting YAC.

As a blocker he is a cream puff. But as a receiver in the middle of the field, he is money. The rub is that as long as the Pats WR's can clear a zone of defenders, Hernandez can do a lot of damage on drag routes through the cleared zones. The problem is Moss was great at it and now he is gone.

Unfortunately Hernandez is about to learn why NFL safeties are called headhunters. With no Moss, the safeties can cheat up and not fear the deep ball. Landry or Ed Reed gets first crack taking Hernandez apart. Ouch!

 

[Kontradiction]

Hernandez against CBs is a pretty significant mismatch in its own right, if that's the way we take it. It also makes his shortcomings as a blocker a lot less relevant. I doubt a wholesale change will be made, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him worked into a more WR-esque role in some capacity, ala Dallas Clark. It would certainly make outside runs to his side of the field interesting to see.

Indeed, but Hernandez against LB's is even more of a significant mismatch. Moving him to split-end would make zero sense to me. Edelman, while being more of a true fit in the slot, would be a much better fit that Hernandez at split-end.

 

[The Brandon Five]

Hernandez is what he is, an H Back. He runs decent routes, has decent hands and is above average getting YAC.

As a blocker he is a cream puff. But as a receiver in the middle of the field, he is money. The rub is that as long as the Pats WR's can clear a zone of defenders, Hernandez can do a lot of damage on drag routes through the cleared zones. The problem is Moss was great at it and now he is gone.

Unfortunately Hernandez is about to learn why NFL safeties are called headhunters. With no Moss, the safeties can cheat up and not fear the deep ball. Landry or Ed Reed gets first crack taking Hernandez apart. Ouch!

Luckily for us Reed is on the PUP list and won't be back until Week 7.

 

[Simkin]

he is fine as TE, we can damage him and our own Offense. Still 10 days to our next game . i hope for a trade.

 

[WhiteWesWelker88]

I hope not a "full blown" wide out. I like him how he is. He can play TE and WR when ever..... Using him in both scenarios would be advantageous for both him and the organization.

 

[Ellzbrah]

I went to school with Aaron. He has played TE all his life, what sense does it make to attempt to convert at this point?

 

[strngplyr]

I went to school with Aaron. He has played TE all his life, what sense does it make to attempt to convert at this point?

While I doubt he'd switch to WR, his "whole life" isn't very long, he's only 20. Edelman played as QB 2 years ago.

Favre and a few kickers have been in the NFL longer than Hernandez has been alive.