03-23-2023, 02:15 PM
(03-23-2023, 02:09 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I think that is completely by design in his offensive system, as he only targets the TE on about 10-12% of offensive snaps. Hurst had a good year for a Bengals TE, despite missing 4 games due to injury.
On the year he had 65 receptions for 555 yards, 3 TD, 8.55 yds/rec with 33 1st downs. Basically, he moved the chains every other time he touched the ball. If you project those numbers to cover the 4 games he missed, he might have had 78 receptions for 666 yards, 4 TD and 40 1st downs.
Uzomah on the other hand went down the tubes after getting his payday in NY 21 receptions for 232 yards 2 TD, 10 1st downs. The only upside is an 11 yards per catch average.
And they've not had the OL under ZT that lets loose a TE in this offense as they've kept those guys in to block. Not to mention having the top 1-2 receiving groups in the NFL and there's only so many balls to go around.
Once the OL started to gel this season along defenses taking away the deep ball with 2 high S we all saw just how good a year Hurst really had.
