What A Haul Simulation

[*ochocincos*]

(02-23-2024, 06:37 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I did not say that you said they don't need to be able to catch the ball.
What I was meaning was you were making it sound like being a receiver is not very important for TEs in the Bengals offense.

Here is what you said prior...
"The TE is not a star in this scheme rather a blocker first, outlet second, and overall a role player. "


Here were the pass vs block snaps by primary TE each of the past 3 years:
2021 (Uzomah) - 594 receiving reps, 48 pass block, 323 run block
2022 (Hurst) - 510 receiving reps, 16 pass block, 149 run block
2023 (Hudson): 240 receiving reps, 2 pass block, 34 run block


Every single season the past 3 years, the TE was running out on routes more than they were blocking.


So the Bengals do need a quality receiver at TE, as they are using TE a good amount in the passing game.
The TEs just hasn't been as productive as the 3 WRs in the passing game to-date.

I also wanna add that had Hudson gotten 500+ receiving reps like we saw with Hurst and Uzomah, we may have seen a TE finally have 600+ yards again.
We haven't seen that since Eifert's 2015 season.
Hudson had 352 yards on just 240 receiving snaps last year.

If OP wanted to re-sign Hudson as the main TE and draft BSF to act as TE2/3, I'd be ok with that plan.

As for BSF's agility and speed, we'll ultimately see how he does in the upcoming Combine/Pro Day drills, but his tape doesn't look very fast or twitchy to me.
Again, not saying he's bad, as I like what he has to offer in a Drew Sample type of depth role.