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(09-01-2021, 06:57 PM)ochocincos Wrote: He's good as a blocker.
I (and others) want the TE more involved in the passing game.
I'm not sold that Sample is good in the passing game because he's been lackluster in that department from what I've seen over two years.

Maybe he surprises me this year, but when you're relegated back to 2nd on the depth chart when you're a 2nd round pick and entering your 3rd year, that's not great.

Remember that he was injured most of year 1 and  had a decent year in year 2 after being asked to be a little bit more of the passing game is several game plans.

The first Cleveland game he had 7 receptions on 9 targets, 2nd Cleveland game he had 5 receptions on 6 targets, Giants game he had 4 receptions on 5 targets, and the Dolphins game he had a perfect 7 receptions on 7 targets.  Aside from those four games, in the remaining 12 games he was targeted only 28 times.  That is less than 3 targets a game.  Hard to make much of an impact when you aren't part of the game plan as far as passing goes.  

My point is when he was involved in the passing game, he responded quite well.