09-02-2021, 08:10 PM
(09-02-2021, 07:44 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I've already provided the statistics on his blocking vs route snaps.
Sample had 868 offensive snaps.
He stayed in to block on 435 snaps (50.1%).
He ran a route on 433 snaps (49.9%).
He blocked on less snaps than Gronk, Jonnu Smith, and Higbee, and same as Darren Waller.
Sample ran the 15th most receiving route snaps out of all TEs.
He ran more route snaps than:
Mark Andrews (701 yards, 7 TDs on 429 route snaps)
Jimmy Graham (456 yards, 8 TDs on 415 route snaps)
Tyler Higbee (521 yards, 5 TDs on 367 route snaps)
Waller had just 124 more route snaps than Sample (28% more) but produced 1196-9 compared to Sample's 349-1 stat line. That's 342% of what Sample produced on yardage on just 28% more snaps.
None of this makes any sense to me. I have seen Sample block and then release into a route. How is that possible if there are only "block" and "route" options?
We had 3 WRs with over 100 targets last year. If we are going to have our TE get 150 like Waller then we are going to have to throw the ball over 40 times every game.
