Nice. The Defense is already looking to be amazing on Paper, use the draft to make the offense even more lethal...Then sit back and enjoy the fun during the season.
Our head coach has his eyes on some Strange. :)
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Nice. The Defense is already looking to be amazing on Paper, use the draft to make the offense even more lethal...Then sit back and enjoy the fun during the season.
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Drafting a TE who is block first, catch second removes most of the names on the top of this year's list.
Many, if not most of the highly rated guys will be catch first, indifferent blocking type players.
This is why I'd rather wait a bit to draft a guy. These guys are cheaper.
Many, if not most of the highly rated guys will be catch first, indifferent blocking type players.
This is why I'd rather wait a bit to draft a guy. These guys are cheaper.
I agree 
In your opinion Fever does Strange fit that criteria?
Thanks for saving some investigation
He is a very good blocker with good size and OK height, he is a pretty good pass-catcher, with above average Athletic ability, but his route running will need work.
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I do.
So many of the top rated guys have comments that say things like... 'needs work on his run blocking', or 'wasn't asked to do much in the run game'.
Then I come in here and see posters talking up these guys as a 'real' tight end. I know they mean well, but sometimes the logic is shoddy.
Seems like we want a guy that can run block well, and be an outlet option and potentially break a tackle and pick up a few more yards.
These are the type of kids you can get from the 3rd round on.
More legitimately a confirmation that McD is a great guy, that player's really gravitate and open up to, while at the same time being, has the potential to be the best ****in coach we've seen around here since Don Shula. Word's gettin round boyz - everybody's gonna wanna be a Fin! Hahahahaha - love it when this kinda **** happenz!
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Honestly thats fine with me. I feel like Gesicki's replacement is Cedric Wilson. We can run more 3WR sets and still have the threat of a zone run, PA short pass, or screen with a TE with that skillset
Thanks everyone. This will help me get excited if they do draft Strange. Before this I would have no idea and would then go do a lot of research. Don't get much college football media coverage in Northern BC.
Agree completely, and I think this is being overlooked. If you look at our WR group from last year, they combined to play about 250% of snaps — meaning we averaged 2.5 WRs on the field.
But Gesicki played about 45% of snaps last season, too. If you believe as many on this board do (myself included) that Gesicki was a tight end in name only, and in fact played slot receiver, then you interpret our 2022 offense last year as a 3-WR base.
That‘s how I see our offense, and I don’t expect us to mess with success. As a result, I don’t really expect Gesicki’s snaps to go to a replacement tight end. I think they’ll go to Wilson or Ezukanma or Berrios—or possibly Tanner Conner. In any event, they’ll go to someone functioning as a slot WR, not a TE.
Our non-Gesicki tight ends last year—Smythe and Hunter Long—only played about 60% of snaps combined. I think that’s unlikely to change next year. So between Smythe, Saubert, and whoever we draft, we’re really only dividing up 60% of snaps, most of which will be run blocking reps.
All of which is to say, I wouldn’t overestimate the importance of our tight end room for next season. Long term I think we need a good tight end to maximize our offense, but for 2023, we’re probably just looking at role players dividing up a little more than half of our offensive snaps.
Grier and McDaniel attended Alabama's pro day as well. And were appearently eyeing up Bama's TE too.
PSU’s anti-Gesicki….I believe Strange and Gesicki were split like James T Kirk into a receiver and blocker.
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we definitely need to bring in another young TE.