02-27-2024, 02:44 PM
Alright, time for the last spot where we have a hole in the starting lineup, TE. Not only do we lack a starter, we lack ANY signed TEs, at all.
4. Tight End
A. Signed
Player; Cap, Dead Cap; FA Year; PFF L3, 2023 Snaps
1. No one
B. Unsigned
Player, FA Status, PFF L3, 2023 Snaps
-------------Starter Line----------
1. I. Smith, UFA, 44.2/56.6/x, 330 O
2. D. Sample, UFA, 60.0/52.3/59.0, 497 O + 199 ST
3. Hudson, RFA, 73.0/60.1/x, 276 O + 31 ST
-----------Reserve Line----------
4. Wilcox, FA?, 46.7/55.7/46.2, 230 O + 316 ST
-----------Future's/PS Line---------
C. Analysis
The well is dry here. Smith was a huge disappointment and there is no way he is back. Sample actually played the most offensive snaps, but his utility is almost all as a blocker/pass protector. Hudson got called up from the PS midseason and was a godsend catching the ball. He graded out the best but isn't much of a blocker. It would be nice to have a TE who can do both, and not tip the play via personnel. Wilcox is a decent enough utility/ST guy who may be an upper level PS guy. Fine as a 4th TE (if we keep 4) but weak as a #3.
It is not a strong TE FA class. Schultz & not much else. I am not enamored with Fant or Henry.
Nor it is a strong draft class at TE. Bowers is the only Rd1 TE and likely long gone by #18. Sanders is the only Rd2 TE and pretty much a receiver only. I'd prefer a 2 way guy, though a real TE threat migh ease the need at WR3. And since we din't feature TE as much, I might want to spend that Rd2 on DT, WR or DB. There is some decent guys in Rd3-4 territory: Stover, Sinnott, and Johnson.
Adding one of those plus bringing back Sample & Hudson would be the route I'd take. I would not rule out Schultz, depending on how the rest of FA shakes out. But I'd certainly focus on DT (Reader + 1) first. Then a legit difference maker at CB/S/IOL. Then a mid-value OT/S/CB. THEN Schultz. Then Fant/Henry types.
Diffetent sites have differing opinions on if Hudson is a RFA. I think it unlikely we tender him in anuly case, but $3 mil is not back-brealing, especially if we draft a mid round TE. There are also spmits on Wilcox's status, but that does not matter, as he won't get a tender regardless.
IDK if we keep 3 or 4 TEs. But Wilcox should be 4th.
4. Tight End
A. Signed
Player; Cap, Dead Cap; FA Year; PFF L3, 2023 Snaps
1. No one
B. Unsigned
Player, FA Status, PFF L3, 2023 Snaps
-------------Starter Line----------
1. I. Smith, UFA, 44.2/56.6/x, 330 O
2. D. Sample, UFA, 60.0/52.3/59.0, 497 O + 199 ST
3. Hudson, RFA, 73.0/60.1/x, 276 O + 31 ST
-----------Reserve Line----------
4. Wilcox, FA?, 46.7/55.7/46.2, 230 O + 316 ST
-----------Future's/PS Line---------
C. Analysis
The well is dry here. Smith was a huge disappointment and there is no way he is back. Sample actually played the most offensive snaps, but his utility is almost all as a blocker/pass protector. Hudson got called up from the PS midseason and was a godsend catching the ball. He graded out the best but isn't much of a blocker. It would be nice to have a TE who can do both, and not tip the play via personnel. Wilcox is a decent enough utility/ST guy who may be an upper level PS guy. Fine as a 4th TE (if we keep 4) but weak as a #3.
It is not a strong TE FA class. Schultz & not much else. I am not enamored with Fant or Henry.
Nor it is a strong draft class at TE. Bowers is the only Rd1 TE and likely long gone by #18. Sanders is the only Rd2 TE and pretty much a receiver only. I'd prefer a 2 way guy, though a real TE threat migh ease the need at WR3. And since we din't feature TE as much, I might want to spend that Rd2 on DT, WR or DB. There is some decent guys in Rd3-4 territory: Stover, Sinnott, and Johnson.
Adding one of those plus bringing back Sample & Hudson would be the route I'd take. I would not rule out Schultz, depending on how the rest of FA shakes out. But I'd certainly focus on DT (Reader + 1) first. Then a legit difference maker at CB/S/IOL. Then a mid-value OT/S/CB. THEN Schultz. Then Fant/Henry types.
Diffetent sites have differing opinions on if Hudson is a RFA. I think it unlikely we tender him in anuly case, but $3 mil is not back-brealing, especially if we draft a mid round TE. There are also spmits on Wilcox's status, but that does not matter, as he won't get a tender regardless.
IDK if we keep 3 or 4 TEs. But Wilcox should be 4th.
