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Interesting. Josh might see him as pot'l for a FB.
We tend to think of FBs as these stocky, musclebound types but when you look at a guy like James Develin, he was 6-3 and just plain ole big.
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Interesting. Josh might see him as pot'l for a FB.
I think that's right. Josh likes to have the option of running plays involving a fullback, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has to have a "dedicated fullback" on the roster. It means he needs somebody on the roster somewhere who can play that position when required. I guess, given the body type, that player is likely to be found in the TE room. (It could be an O-lineman, but players that beefy are unlikely to be capable of the full range of things a fullback must be able to do: get open to catch passes, for example, or block downfield.) The fact there are so many TE's in camp suggests to me that they know the room needs a boost, particularly given where HH is in his career, and that because they chose not really to address the need in the draft, they're kind of rummaging around in the bargain bin. I don't think that's unreasonable at this point. Going into preseason, the roster was such garbage that they never had any chance of addressing ALL the needs anyway.
Great Scott is a WR covert but went the WR rich Ohio State and switched to TE.
I think Henry and Hooper are very close Talent-wise not a huge drop off going from either.
Yes. At Ohio State Gee was a bit slow to be a WR but fast to be a TE. Hence the switch.
Would be a nice story: because he would be a mismatch against LB's and Safeties.
I think Henry is definitely better than Hooper. You can debate by how much but my point really was more that both are in little threat to get beat out by the other guys.
We wouldn't need to carry Four TE's knowing we have our Taxi Squad to stash at least Three of them. Same for a possible FB...that said I am going be watching Jaheim Bell a little closer.
Good point but it's also about game day actives and dressing 4 TE/FB isn't an uncommon thing.
You may be right, but I don't recall it that frequently
Gronk, Hernandez, Whoman, and Devlin immediately come to mind. I don't recall exactly who the third TE was every year after arrest but I think it was pretty common for us to go with 4. Bennett too but then Gronk got hurt that year.
I always considered Devlin a FB not a TE/
That's what I'm saying between both FB and TE carrying 4 is pretty common. Since our FB got hurt I'd think there is a chance we carry 4 TEs instead of 3 and 1 FB. Especially if one of those TEs picks up some FB duty.
I think the idea is you have 2 and so long as one of them is healthy you should be ok. This of course now gets stressed by the fact our FB got hurt which probably means less i formation and more 2TE sets.
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