Pats Sign TE Anthony Frisker

[Jim Beankie]

Well, at least one of them was kind of important ...

This guy can go Firk himself.

 

[captain stone]

BOTTOM LINE
Frisker is a very inexpensive opportunity to secure someone to compete for a roster spot as a backup blocking TE/FB.

A backup blocking TE/FB?

He’s currently our Only blocking TE/FB.

 

[captain stone]

Well, at least one of them was kind of important ...

What really pisses me off about that play is that they send both McCourty & Harmon on that 2-gap 2-Safety blitz, only to leave that ****ing less than ****ing useless pile of ****ing rancid ****ing garbage Terry Brooks in coverage. Why THE **** wasn’t he sent to blitz instead?!? ****ing idiots.

 

[mgteich]

A backup blocking TE/FB?

He’s currently our Only blocking TE/FB.

Yup

 

[DaBruinz]

6 days and a MOD still hasn't fixed Firkser's name in the title of the thread.... You all are slackin.. LOL

 

[Sicilian]

some other interesting stats on that link:
career targets = 153
career catches = 115
career catch rate = 75.2 %
career drops = 5
career drop rate = 3.3 %

I don’t know but I feel like that drop rate indicates he could be a better receiver that his totals indicate.

I think it could also be an indicator that he wasn't catching very difficult balls. Chances are he's one of those guys the defense isn't going to dedicate a good cover guy too, because he usually in there to block. So his targets are dump offs for when the better options are covered and Firkser has been left alone in the flat. Similar to what James Develin used to catch (though at a seemingly higher volume during his best years).

 

[PatsFan2]

Jonno Smith Pt.II??

 

[PatsFan2]

This guy can go Firk himself.

His career highlight is against us Grandma could ran that route and make that catch against our weak middle.

 

[n1997y]

Jonno Smith Pt.II??

Setting the bar low?

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Jonno Smith Pt.II??

Hopefully a little less athletic and little brighter. If he does not run into Henry that would be a good start.

 

[n1997y]

Hopefully a little less athletic and little brighter. If he does not run into Henry that would be a good start.

Please don’t cap his athleticism. I’d be okay if he is both more athletic and brighter…

 

[captain stone]

His career highlight is against us Grandma could ran that route and make that catch against our weak middle.

That’s the maddening thing: it wasn’t executed vs our weak middle but vs our secondary which blitzed our two best damn coverage Safeties and left the execrable Terry Brooks one on one with Firkser, with predictable, season-ending results.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

Replacement (in one sense only) for Edelman:

Anthony Firkser opens up on being one of the few Jewish players in the NFL

He said he hasn’t experienced any antisemitism in the league, but is often the first Jewish person some of his teammates have ever met.

jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com