12-05-2023, 02:42 PM
(12-05-2023, 12:52 PM)Whatever Wrote: Stover is currently #106 on the NFL Consensus Big Board, which is his average ranking among all the major scouting services. Some team may reach for him, as he's still the #3 TE in this class, so you can't even count on him being there.
The TE's role in the offense changes based on what his strengths are. Again, Uzomah wasn't used the same way as Hurst.
Hurst played 61% of the snaps and missed 4 games, nearly 1/4 of the season. CJ played 77%. You have to go back to Michael Johnson to find a rookie DL that played at least 60% of the snaps for us.
If we’re gonna play that route when is the last rookie te to play a significant margin? Drew sample played 9.8% as a rookie and he was a 2nd round pick. Eifert played 59% but we ran a lot of 2 TE personnel. Gresham. Played 79%
Sam Hubbard played right at 50% and he has 2 established veteran des ahead of him. We also haven’t had a high round pick at Dline besides this year. Newton would come in and immediately push for legit 3-tech snaps. Bowers would be PHENOMENAL. But so would Newton. I just prefer DT as it is the more immediate need. ESPECIALLY with how garbage the defense, and particularly the dline has looked this year.
