07-17-2016, 03:48 PM
(07-17-2016, 12:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This is for all of you that have been fans for at least a decade or so. Remember how we begged an pleaded for a "pass catching" TE? Remember how it dominated the draft and free agent discussions? Remember how thrilled we were to get Ben Utecht? Remember how excited we were when we used the 98th pick of the draft on TE Chase Coffman? Well imagine back then (pre-Gresham) we had used the 85th pick of the draft on a 6'5", 240 TE who could run a 4.67 forty and had caught 43 passes his sophomore year in college?
We have been spoiled by Gresham and Eifert. Kroft is not some late-round scrub, or just a "blocking" TE. He is a long, athletic TE who could contribute a lot to our offense in 2-TE sets in addition to filling in for Eifert when he is out with injury. I don't trust "pro day" numbers as much as combine numbers, but after not being able to run at the combine Kroft put up numbers at his pro day workout that would have ranked top six among the 18 TEs at the combine in six differet events.
Short Shuttle... 4.20 (1st)
3-cone drill...... 7.12 (2nd)
Long Jump...... 10' (2nd)
Long Shuttle... 11.78 (2nd) (not sure how many even run this anymore)
Forty dash...... 4.67 (3rd)
Vertical.......... 34" (6th)
Plus he is supposed to be a good blocker.
Kroft could be very important to us if Eifert continues to struggle with staying healthy.
Good stuff here Fred, he played very good as a rookie last year as well. As good as could be expected.
Kroft could end up being quite the steal for a 3rd rounder. He may not be the route runner that Eifert is but i
doubt there is a TE in the league who runs routes better than Eifert. Kroft is a good blocker and has good hands.
Great insurance cause Eifert should be out atleast one game and this gives both Kroft and Uzomah more first team
snaps. The Eifert injury sucks but it could be a blessing in disguise getting these guys more reps.
