05-29-2021, 01:39 PM
(05-28-2021, 03:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I just assumed that since he missed 5 games and when he did manage to play he posted the worst catch percentage and yards-per-target among all starting TEs in the league that he had a significant injury.
How do you explain his missed games and shitty production?
It's pretty easily explainable.
Alshon Jeffrey, Desean Jackson, and Jaelon Reagor all missed significant time. Dallas Goedert missed time as well.
In fact, they suffered so many injuries to receiving weapons that Travis Fulgham was their #1 receiver. He's a guy who had never been on an NFL roster and who the Eagles picked up right before the season started.
So when you have no real weapons surrounding you it's going cause some serious problems. It's going to result in more attention in coverage, it's going to cause the defense to be able to cover the WR's one one one and double elsewhere or blitz more, it's going to cause the QB to struggle mightily, which is exactly what we saw.
Throw in a high ankle sprain right in the middle of year and couple it with all of the above and you've got your answer.
