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H. Long is a homerun pick for us!

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We have zero TE after the Season. So Hunter Long is a perfect pick in the third round. He was ranked as my second best TE in this year.

M.Gesicki is no real TE. He was a A.Gase pick that has highlight catches and one or two great games, but overall is no real TE. He play as a big slot and Redzone guy. I think he is gone after the season. The media is higher on Gesicki than the coaches.

D. Smythe is a okay TE with good blocking skills but nothing special overall. He is cheap (extension) or gone after the season.

A. Shaheen is nothing to hold on and gone after the season with 333.000 death cap and 1.9 million save money.

So here we are after the season. Now we draft a ! real ! TE in Hunter Long in the 3. Round. He has the M.Andrews, T.Kelce thing with him. He is reliable as a blooker, can play inline, real good hands, good routes and feel for the soft spot on the field. He is the TE, who give your QB the first downs on 3&5. Maybee Gesicki has the speed but Hunter Long has the overall traits of a successful TE for the Dolphins on a consistent basis.

He is a steal at 81. Q. Meinerz (C) is the man where everyone is hoping for, but he would have not the same impact as Hunter Long for us.
 
  • Play strength and aggressiveness end up in minus column.
  • Allows press to beat and ride him early on.
  • Will race through routes rather than selling his breaks at times.
  • Needs to be more competitive in claiming his catch space.
  • Inconsistent finishing contested catches.
  • Not tough enough to handle heavy lifting as blocker.
  • Blocks with folded arms like a player from the old electric football game.
  • Let the running game down in matchup against Clemson.
 
miamiron said:
  • Play strength and aggressiveness end up in minus column.
  • Allows press to beat and ride him early on.
  • Will race through routes rather than selling his breaks at times.
  • Needs to be more competitive in claiming his catch space.
  • Inconsistent finishing contested catches.
  • Not tough enough to handle heavy lifting as blocker.
  • Blocks with folded arms like a player from the old electric football game.
  • Let the running game down in matchup against Clemson.
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Read Brady's scouting report.
 
miamiron said:
  • Play strength and aggressiveness end up in minus column.
  • Allows press to beat and ride him early on.
  • Will race through routes rather than selling his breaks at times.
  • Needs to be more competitive in claiming his catch space.
  • Inconsistent finishing contested catches.
  • Not tough enough to handle heavy lifting as blocker.
  • Blocks with folded arms like a player from the old electric football game.
  • Let the running game down in matchup against Clemson.
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Quoting the NFL.com scouting report, lol. You understand every player has a “Cons” section, correct? Watch his tape before you assume you know a prospect based on what a single report says. Also, 3 of those bullets literally translate to he can’t always block a DLmen 1v1, which duh he’s a TE and most people aren’t expecting that day 1.
 
ThePeopleShow13 said:
Quoting the NFL.com scouting report, lol. You understand every player has a “Cons” section, correct? Watch his tape before you assume you know a prospect based on what a single report says. Also, 3 of those bullets literally translate to he can’t always block a DLmen 1v1, which duh he’s a TE and most people aren’t expecting that day 1.
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Google and Youtube has created a generation of clueless morons who are too intellectually lazy to watch an actual game. Long is an excellent TE prospect who fills an immediate need. Has great hands, can get off the LOS quickly, get down the seam and get open in a zone. He’s great in the RZ, good blocker, was BCs leading receiver last year and had more catches than Pitts. He is a complete TE, who can block and catch, not a hybrid.
 
EasyRider said:
Ugh, where do these posts come from. Gesicki not a real TE now? And he’s gone after this season? Where do you get this stuff from? Have you ever heard of a two tight end set? NE has ran it for years, and guess what? It does work, and well.
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It's the upcoming contract negotiation with Gesicki that has the fans worried.
 
Everyone is thinking too small about replacing Gesicki. Look bigger. Tight end is the biggest mismatch in football. This kid can block as well but imagine a 2 tight end set with a healthy Parker and Fuller on the edge with waddle in the slot. To recap that’s two 6’5/6’6 tight ends running 4.5/4.6 forties with two sub 4.3 guys and a 6 foot 3 alpha when Parker is healthy. That’s a tough matchup for any defense.
 
I'll admit I don't know much about Long and I'm not entirely unhappy with the pick.

That said, the reservations I have are more to do with the current makeup of the roster overall.

If we don't plan to resign anyone next year, I can see the urgency in drafting a TE prospect now.

That said I thought our TE room was at least a positive if not a full on strength and its not a position group we need to rebuild.

If the plan is to keep G and have Long to compliment him....I like the idea but I'm not sure our roster is ready for us to be using a puck on a TE that isn't an elite prospect.
 
ThePeopleShow13 said:
Quoting the NFL.com scouting report, lol. You understand every player has a “Cons” section, correct? Watch his tape before you assume you know a prospect based on what a single report says. Also, 3 of those bullets literally translate to he can’t always block a DLmen 1v1, which duh he’s a TE and most people aren’t expecting that day 1.
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I would also add that most of the percieved "cons" are the type of things that can be corrected with quality NFL coaching.

The trick in drafting in the mid rounds is vision of what a player can be, rather than what he is now.
 
dolphinheel said:
Google and Youtube has created a generation of clueless morons who are too intellectually lazy to watch an actual game. Long is an excellent TE prospect who fills an immediate need. Has great hands, can get off the LOS quickly, get down the seam and get open in a zone. He’s great in the RZ, good blocker, was BCs leading receiver last year and had more catches than Pitts. He is a complete TE, who can block and catch, not a hybrid.
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Immediate need? What immediate need? Between Gesicki and Smythe we are fine at TE and have at least 6 other positions we needed more.
 
GhostArmOfMarino said:
I'll admit I don't know much about Long and I'm not entirely unhappy with the pick.

That said, the reservations I have are more to do with the current makeup of the roster overall.

If we don't plan to resign anyone next year, I can see the urgency in drafting a TE prospect now.

That said I thought our TE room was at least a positive if not a full on strength and its not a position group we need to rebuild.

If the plan is to keep G and have Long to compliment him....I like the idea but I'm not sure our roster is ready for us to be using a puck on a TE that isn't an elite prospect.
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There are no "elite" prospects in rd3.

That's just wishful thinking.
 
LargoFin said:
It's the upcoming contract negotiation with Gesicki that has the fans worried.
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And I’ll think about that after the season is over. Worried about a contract that’s not even up yet??? Do these people live on a ledge?
 
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