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I posted this a few minutes ago, but Phil Perry was on the podcast with the guys last week, and one part was pretty interesting. Perry talked about the potential increased use of a full-back style player under Josh McDaniels this season, and brought up some names to keep an eye on that we haven't talked much about:
"Another one because they're going to use a fullback, in my opinion, to be Brock Lampe," said Perry. "I mean, and I get it because he's going to bring a skill to the table that not a lot of other people have. And so we'll see, is there a tight end that maybe they could use? Could they use C. J. Dippre, another undrafted rookie? I'm trying to go under the radar for you, Mike [D'Abate], because like you said, people already know a lot of these names. But these undrafted guys, those three that I just mentioned, I think have a real shot at making the team. And maybe Dippre takes Lampe's spot if he shows he can line up in the backfield and really lay into people. But that's a different animal. You got to be wired a certain way and Lampe, to me, probably is the best fit there because he's already shown, at the college level, at least, a willingness to take on that kind of role, whereas Dippre was more of a traditional tight-end."
"Those would just be a handful of names because I think the depth of tight-end, even though they have [Austin] Hooper and they have [Hunter] Henry, it's not amazing depth. And so Dippre, because of his size and his pedigree coming from Alabama, even things like just watching him work with Mike Vrabel closely in some of these special teams' drills. During OTAs, it felt like he was getting a little ... you know, some special time with the head coach. Those are the kinds of things that I'll be paying attention to in camp to see if any of these guys can crack the roster."
"Another one because they're going to use a fullback, in my opinion, to be Brock Lampe," said Perry. "I mean, and I get it because he's going to bring a skill to the table that not a lot of other people have. And so we'll see, is there a tight end that maybe they could use? Could they use C. J. Dippre, another undrafted rookie? I'm trying to go under the radar for you, Mike [D'Abate], because like you said, people already know a lot of these names. But these undrafted guys, those three that I just mentioned, I think have a real shot at making the team. And maybe Dippre takes Lampe's spot if he shows he can line up in the backfield and really lay into people. But that's a different animal. You got to be wired a certain way and Lampe, to me, probably is the best fit there because he's already shown, at the college level, at least, a willingness to take on that kind of role, whereas Dippre was more of a traditional tight-end."
"Those would just be a handful of names because I think the depth of tight-end, even though they have [Austin] Hooper and they have [Hunter] Henry, it's not amazing depth. And so Dippre, because of his size and his pedigree coming from Alabama, even things like just watching him work with Mike Vrabel closely in some of these special teams' drills. During OTAs, it felt like he was getting a little ... you know, some special time with the head coach. Those are the kinds of things that I'll be paying attention to in camp to see if any of these guys can crack the roster."
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