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Philip Merling on the Trade Block
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Keith Zinger is better you don't need Cumberland :D
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what about charles clay he is/was a TE slash FB RB in college how are we going to use him ? or are we just going to release him ?
I don't think he's doing much so far. I've tried to keep an eye out for him during pre-season and only noticed him in the play once. Course I've watched each game one time. Someone that's re-watched it just looking for TE might find out what he is up to.
Fasano has done nothing but drop passes or fumble away the few catches he does make. He only had one good year here, the rest have been nothing to write home about. At best Fasano is a backup TE which unfortunately we have as a starter here. In other words Fasano STINKS!
I didnt know Bennett was a woman beater too
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Clay is an H-back/Fullback type player... it's basically a hybrid position on offense in the same vein the "star" or "rover" is a hybrid position on defense.
Clay doesn't have the skillset, nor is he developed enough in the blocking department to play in-line on the LOS as a true tight end.... he has to play off-set from the LOS in an H-back role to be effective.
An H-back basically serves as an outlet receiver more than a true tight end. It's all about how you function from the line of scrimmage and go from there.
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The Jets will do good to hang on to that kid... he's an incredibly explosive athlete. In fact, as far as pure athletic ability and explosiveness, I think he's in the elite category of NFL tight ends.... he's just a little raw around the edges right now.
I was fairly high on him coming out of Illinois because he's the type of "rocked up" wide receiver playing tight end that I tend to like... and the type of player that Miami goes out of their way to avoid.
Cumberland played tight end and wide receiver at Illinois... I remember watching game film of him playing wide receiver against USC in the Rose Bowl a couple years ago and being extremely impressed with his versatility and explosiveness as an athlete.
He's in the Jermichael Finley mold as far as TE's go... the type of guy you can split out wide and operate in the slot. Get him isolated on a corner, safety, or linebacker 1-on-1... a player like that creates a favorable mismatch for your offense against any of the three.
I wished Miami would've drafted him instead of Spitzler or whoever they ended up taking with one of those later round picks...
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Fasano is a great blocker, but he's fairly slow. He's got pretty dependable hands, though. We need a play maker at TE, though, with the way our offense is set up. I'm a big of bringing in Carlson but that's assuming he's healthy which is a large assumption
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No he's not. He sucks. He would probably be cut this year. They kept him the last couple years because of "hope" and the position he was drafted at...but he is a flat out bust!
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i thought baltimore turned over the #1 job to dickson...you thinking they'd rather ride with pitta since he's been getting a lot of run this preseason??? i think they keep em both
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If Parcells were here he would have traded for John Carlson already....white TE from Notre Dame....he would have been drooling.
hoops
Tua time!
not likely...he's running with the ones in a lot of packages...he's impressed
We already have one of those.
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You know I've always thought Dickson was the better prospect and player to begin with, but it's pretty close with him and Pitta.
My point was I'd take either one of them for Merling, but if I had my choice I'd want Dickson. My thinking has nothing to do with which one starts, because I don't think Ozzie is going to get rid of either one of them for Merling... My thinking is that I'd go to the point of embarrassing myself on the phone with Ozzie in an attempt to rid myself of Merling and acquire Dickson....
I'd come up with packages that include Merling, perhaps even throw in another player or two somewhere, and/or draft picks just to keep him on the line...
..but none of it is happening regardless.