Patriots Injury News TE Julian Hill placed on IR (Vrabel confirms he's lost for 2026)

Hammer of Thor said:

Hill was one of the better blocking TEs in the league last year and has stated his NFL goal is to be the best blocking TE. Dippre has done nothing.

This actually hurts quite a bit. I was really hoping AVT, Hill, and Gilliam would be on the field in red zone, goal line, and short yardage and turn that from a weakness last year to a strength this year. Hoping for good health for the other 2.

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Wozzy said:

Hill was playing max snaps because the Dolphins TE room was abominable. He might be a decent blocker the way Austin Hooper was good, but the kid isn’t a road grader.

It sucks, it would have been nice to be really deep at TE, but now the onus is on the coaches to get the two young guys involved.

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jboston19 said:

Phil is saying it’s potentially not season ending.

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Hammer of Thor said:

Agree that their overall TE situation wasn’t good, but he really did improve as a run blocker and pass blocker last year. I think you’re underselling him by comparing him to Hooper on that front. Agree he’s not Gronk, Dwayne Allen or Daniel Graham in that role, but he would have been a step up from what we had last year.

Moot point right now, we’ll have to see what the injury was to see if he’s able to come back in 2027. Agree with you that hopefully the coaches will get Raridon up to speed and hopefully Dippre can make a 2nd year jump.

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Hammer of Thor said:

This actually hurts quite a bit. I was really hoping AVT, Hill, and Gilliam would be on the field in red zone, goal line, and short yardage and turn that from a weakness last year to a strength this year. Here’s hoping for good health for the other 2.

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jboston19 said:

Phil is saying it’s potentially not season ending.

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