Let's look at this analytically. The same group of media that were hyper-focused on getting a QB, even when everyone who knows football never expected us to draft a QB. Then, they double-down on the click-bait by grading our draft on the fact we failed to get a QB. Ummmmmmmmm …. yeah … OK.
The media knows that there are only two things that get people interested this time of year, and it's big sizzling plays and horrible controversy. Our top offensive pick was a guy who has the potential to be our best ever TE, and who looks like the best athlete at TE to come out in the draft since Gronkowski and Graham. Of course the media is going to scrutinize everything he does, including how he ties his cleats. If they don't have something spectacular to report, they're going to report that he's having problems.
Look, he's a rookie. Typically rookie TE's take a year to get up to speed. My hope and expectation is that the similarity of routes between his college days and the Dolphins scheme will smooth this transition and we'll see him flashing plays early and often. It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too early to worry about it yet though.
As DK said … I just hope he signs already. The 2nd rounders are notoriously the last to sign since we implemented the rookie wage scale.
