Building my Patriots Big Board: TE's/H-Backs

[midwestpatsfan]

This is getting out later than I had hoped, but here is the 2nd enstallment in my Big Board Series:

Building The Big Board: Tight Ends and H-Backs | NEPatriotsDraft.com - 2014 NFL Draft

 

[midwestpatsfan]

This got pushed down the board pretty fast, so I thought I would bump it back up.

 

[manxman2601]

I think we're showing the same interest in TEs as the Patriots are this year

Jerrell Adams is my favourite prospect but this is a weak class - next year is the year to look at TEs, should be a very strong class.

Whilst it's hard to describe him as a TE, I have really taken to, amd am intrigued by, Stephen Anderson this year. Very good short area mover and would be a mismatch for linebackers certainly, and maybe safeties too. But at 230lbs, it's a bit of a stretch to call him a TE.

 

[LT85]

As you know, I too am very high on Higbee. I think there's some gronk in him in the way he moves and runs his routes. Not saying he can become gronk, but I do believe he can be special. Giving him a year behind gronk and Bennett could be optimal.

This is the bad part of the binky season: getting emotionally attached to players, we probably wont draft. I'll have chocolate and break up music ready come draft day :-(

 

[midwestpatsfan]

I think we're showing the same interest in TEs as the Patriots are this year

Jerrell Adams is my favourite prospect but this is a weak class - next year is the year to look at TEs, should be a very strong class.

Whilst it's hard to describe him as a TE, I have really taken to, amd am intrigued by, Stephen Anderson this year. Very good short area mover and would be a mismatch for linebackers certainly, and maybe safeties too. But at 230lbs, it's a bit of a stretch to call him a TE.

Yeah, Anderson was a guy I didn't know where to fit in at, which of course means he will be drafted by the Patriots.

 

[manxman2601]

Yeah, Anderson was a guy I didn't know where to fit in at, which of course means he will be drafted by the Patriots.

I hope so.

 

[midwestpatsfan]

I hope so.

I just looked up Anderson-have him as a PFA in my Wide Receiver class. Notes said: receiver/tight end tweener...shows good acceleration and footwork in and out of breaks...good size and gives QB a big target...needs work on tracking the ball and more consistency with his hands...unreliable blocker.

 

[manxman2601]

I just looked up Anderson-have him as a PFA in my Wide Receiver class. Notes said: receiver/tight end tweener...shows good acceleration and footwork in and out of breaks...good size and gives QB a big target...needs work on tracking the ball and more consistency with his hands...unreliable blocker.

That's about right. Think of him as a big slot and not as a TE and he becomes more interesting. Gets open quickly which is key in this offense.

 

[skinnydog]

I'd like to see them take Tanner McEvoy at the end of the draft and convert him into an H-back. He should also be a good special teams player given that he played some safety at Wisconsin.

 

[TheRazorsEdge]

Dan Vitale ftw!!!

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Harbor can be that te/h back and bb did sign him for two years.

 

[captain stone]

Dan Vitale ftw!!!

Sooooooperback!

 

[manxman2601]

Sooooooperback!

What will your nickname be for him if we draft him and he busts

"Sooper Bust"
"Not so super back"?

 

[captain stone]

Stupor Back?

 

[midwestpatsfan]

Dan Vitale ftw!!!

Check out the RB Big Board, he is in there.

 

[TheRazorsEdge]

Ahhhh interesting you have him as an RB. Makes sense , he is entering as a FB. Although I think the commitment to Harbor dims the chances of us grabbing him up.

 

[manxman2601]

Stupor Back?

Genius!