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Dolphins claim Pats TE Will Yeatman

chase coffman sucks...just like martin rucker does as well...both products of the system at missouri
 
Patriot 37 said:
I was suprised that the Pats cut him he did a great job blocking in the preseason. The Pats drafted Lee Smith in the 5th round who was supposely one of the top blocking TEs in the draft, Yeatman was much better than him. Yeatman and Smith were both listed at 6-5 268 lbs, Yeatman looked bigger than Smith. Don't expect much in the passing game, but he's a good fit with the Dolphins power run game and has some upside.
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one problem...we no longer run a power run game...we cut our true fb to go to more of an h back type look and single back sets in a spread look...i guess the guy could help us though on short yardage and goalline if he can block...cause god knows we need as much help there as we can get
 
[video=youtube;Oxe_OlcvBB8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Oxe_OlcvBB8[/video]

Hint: Watch both players. Will Yeatman is the 2nd guy. Note the camera man chuckling.
 
lmao....send that dump truck down the seam...guys will stay with him without ever having to come out of their pedal

we have just butchered the te position of late...i just don't understand...this guy should be your best case 3rd te blocking specialist...but with mastrud here we have no #2 te...its awful
 
Based on that video I can see where Yeatman can probably make massive improvement in his speed. I guarantee that with some work from a speed coach he will make strides (pun intended). Basically he has no knee lift whatsoever, that can be coached and when it is corrected he will probably take at least 2/10 off his 40 time.
 
EvilDylan said:
Based on that video I can see where Yeatman can probably make massive improvement in his speed. I guarantee that with some work from a speed coach he will make strides (pun intended). Basically he has no knee lift whatsoever, that can be coached and when it is corrected he will probably take at least 2/10 off his 40 time.
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that would put him squarely in the 4.9 range :-D
 
Hey that's why I said at LEAST 2/10. I'm sure if he's a good athlete he can take even more time off, his horrible knee drive is killing his speed though. The positive is this guy can definitely get faster.
 
EvilDylan said:
Hey that's why I said at LEAST 2/10. I'm sure if he's a good athlete he can take even more time off, his horrible knee drive is killing his speed though. The positive is this guy can definitely get faster.
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well, no offense intended. i just think you won't ever make him a big threat down the seam. serviceable enough maybe. even Joey Haynos had a couple of TD's here.
 
EvilDylan said:
Based on that video I can see where Yeatman can probably make massive improvement in his speed. I guarantee that with some work from a speed coach he will make strides (pun intended). Basically he has no knee lift whatsoever, that can be coached and when it is corrected he will probably take at least 2/10 off his 40 time.
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This assumes he wasn't already receiving coaching on how to run the 40. He probably was. It is what it is.
 
greasyObnoxious said:
well, no offense intended. i just think you won't ever make him a big threat down the seam. serviceable enough maybe. even Joey Haynos had a couple of TD's here.
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No he won't ever be fast enough to be a seam threat, but adding speed would certainly help his game. I can see, in Yeatman's case, that adding significant speed is certainly possible. This isn't the case with a lot of guys that make it to the NFL.
 
so this dude ran a 5.1 40??? is that what i'm to understand??? you gotta be ****tin me
 
ckparrothead said:
This assumes he wasn't already receiving coaching on how to run the 40. He probably was. It is what it is.
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Based on his technique either he was receiving no coaching or very poor coaching. Whether or not he received any coaching at all, I guarantee that with proper coaching he will drop his times.
 
EvilDylan said:
Based on his technique either he was receiving no coaching or very poor coaching. Whether or not he received any coaching at all, I guarantee that with proper coaching he will drop his times.
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you may be right about this. i don't know. but to me, it doesn't get more fundamental than running. if you're already lacking here, odds are you're not going to be very successful in football, unless you're absolutely excellent in another aspect. to me, he's nothing as a receiver at TE. if he gives us a couple of catches, nice, but he's a blocker. we may have better luck trying to make him an OT. his footwork might be better than his straight line running.
 
greasyObnoxious said:
you may be right about this. i don't know. but to me, it doesn't get more fundamental than running. if you're already lacking here, odds are you're not going to be very successful in football, unless you're absolutely excellent in another aspect. to me, he's nothing as a receiver at TE. if he gives us a couple of catches, nice, but he's a blocker. we may have better luck trying to make him an OT. his footwork might be better than his straight line running.
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Sure running is fundamental, but running fast is a whole different thing. I ran track at a high level and I saw people increase their times regularly with just a little coaching at the collegiate level.
 
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