This guy lacks athleticism, and the last time I checked, a real vital part of being a professional football player. Please boys, show me some stats to debunk my theory.
Originally Posted by: DakotaT
Ascending to hell?
He is very irregular, some games he gets all his blocks and catches a couple of TDs, then he disappears, misses his blocks and is replaced by Justin Perillo (!)
Originally Posted by: luigis
He's still young and learning and youngsters typically have consistency problems. Outside of QBs, learning to be a GB TE is the hardest position in all of the NFL. With youngsters one shouldn't judge potential based on their avg work; you base it on their best work; then as they ascend the bad becomes less and the good to really good begins to take over.
Yea, he's not Antonio Gates, but he's fast and athletic enough! If he had just caught the 4 passes I mentioned above, and this probably would have happened if 2014 Aaron Rodgers was QBing this team, he'd have 4 more catches for about 100 yards and 2 more TDs. Then most would agree Rodgers is ascending; why is he not ascending because Aaron Rodgers missed his throws?
On the play 3rd Q 10:22 Rodgers, Cobb and Adams were lined up right. Rodgers was on LOS [24 yard line] and Cobb and Adams a yard back. all 3 run vertical til R.Rod makes his break at that moment Rodgers is at 9, Cobb is at 11 and Adams is at 10. Trust me he is fast enough and if he doesn't turn into a top 25-33% TE next year it wont be because he's too slow or athletic enough. He is way ahead of where Q, Finley, Taylor, DJ Williams, and Clark Harris, were in their 2nd years as a complete TE.