Official Tanner Hudson for TE1 campaign thread

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(09-27-2023, 08:43 PM)maclanta Wrote: Make your case for or against.

Perhaps not as good of a blocker as Sample and not as seasoned as Irv Smith, but based on what I’ve seen and our need to throw up the middle given the infinite cover 2 set that we will see from here on out, I believe he should get a permanent spot on the 53. I do realize we need to cut someone, but I have not seen something out of Irv Smith to suggest he is an upgrade.

What exactly is your case, that Hudson should have a spot on the 53 or that he should become the new TE1? For I'd say yes to the former and no to the latter. 

My case against degrading Irv Smith is that there were only two games with an apparently severely hampered QB to evaluate him by. I doubt Tanner Hudson would have been able to do much more in these games - even more so since we saw one game of Mr. Hudson with a somewhat improved passing game and it's not like he set the world on fire there. Putting him from the practice squad right on top of the depth chart because of 30 receiving yards against the Rams seems a bit rushed. 
Granted, I actually still believe Irv Smith can be good and would like to see a few more games before giving up on him.