11-09-2022, 03:27 PM
(11-09-2022, 02:59 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: A TE doesn't have to be a deep threat, but they need to give you more than a running back.
There are 31 TEs with at least 15 catches so far this year. Hurst's 8.0 AVG is 30th. The only guy who had worse was Minnesota's Irv Smith Jr who missed all of 2021 with a knee injury, and they went out and traded for a TE at the deadline.
It's not that Hurst's lack of yardage per catch is mediocre, mediocre would be fine, it's that it's truly terrible. Even if we start extending this out to last year... Out of 88 TE seasons 2021-2022 with at least 15 receptions, Hurst's 8.0 AVG in 2022 is 85th.
The fact that it's gone down significantly every year of his career should be alarming, and predates him being in Taylor's offense.
I bet his YPC goes up as the season goes on if the running game is good. Plus, Chase coming back should open up big plays
in the passing game for everybody else if Defenses continue to try and double Chase. That is a very low YPC but there are lots
of factors going into why it is so low. When I am watching the player out there, I don't see a player falling off cause of age.
