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Did Linehan ever have a decent TE in Minny?

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Just wondering how he will utilize McMike in his offense. I don't follow the Vikes that closely (who would?) and I have no idea if he ever got a chance to use a top ten TE before. Thoughts?
 
Chamberlain was probably for a little while the best pass catching TE he had, but no he never had anyone like Randy McMike.
 
Jaj said:
Chamberlain was probably for a little while the best pass catching TE he had, but no he never had anyone like Randy McMike.
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I think so too. He likes to put the ball in the best receivers hands though.
 
I would consider Byron Chamberlain, Jim Kleinsasser, and Jermaine Wiggins all decent if not better than that. Linehan never had anyone like McMichael in Minnesota, so it will be interesting to see how he utilizes him.
 
IIRC, Kleinsasser was one hell of a pass catching TE/FB.. a good blocker too.

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He caught 46 balls in '03 for close to 500 yards and 4 TD's.. nothing great.
 
Jermaine Wiggins:

71 balls for 700 yards and 4 TD's in '04..

That's with Randy Moss, Nate Burleson and Marcus Robinson :eek:


Yep... McMike is in for a career year if we can get him the ball.
 
He never had a standout tight end, but i dont think its because of they never found that really talented one, i thinks its becuase they were always looking for the big better blocking tight ends and they never used tight ends in there scheme that much so they never went after a big play tight end like Mcmike or the Shockeys, i think they never had a real breakout tight end cause they never were looking for one, just like chan gailey when he was here, and we had troy drayton, gaileys type of offense just didnt really incorporate the tight end into his scheme, i just hope Linehan see's what he has in Randy and uses him
 
Randy Mcmike Should Have A Hell Of A Year This Year Im Expecting Big Plays From Our Allstar Tight End. :fire: :evil:
 
WIggins was the go to possession guy last year (we got a lot of Vikings games over here last year) Very impressive use of the TE , cant wait to see wot he does with McMike.
 
FiN.in.RI said:
Jermaine Wiggins:

71 balls for 700 yards and 4 TD's in '04..

That's with Randy Moss, Nate Burleson and Marcus Robinson :eek:


Yep... McMike is in for a career year if we can get him the ball.
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Moss was injured most of the year, and Wiggins is an above average TE.

You can't compare McMichael to that because look at the division the Vikes played in. One decent defense in Detroit, and 2 other bad ones. The AFC East is totally different.
 
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