Let's discuss player development or lack of under ZT

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(12-20-2020, 11:51 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Come on, you and I both know the reason he only had 30 yards his rookie year was because he was 3rd on the depth chart behind Eifert and Uzomah. Since Eifert and Uzomah both played in all 16 games last season, there was really no opportunity to play Sample. But he's the starter now when Uzomah went down in Game 2 this season.

I believe that if he had been the primary TE last season, he would probably be about the same production he's at now. It's really not difficult for the starting TE to get to 322 yards in 13 games nowadays.

I'm not ready to say he's truly developed until I see him next year.

Yeah...at some level starters are going to put up numbers, but that doesn't mean they will be good Pros compared to their peers. Like at LB, we're going to have someone get 80 tackles probably...because someone starts. Would our LB's start on say the Steelers? Probably not.

Same with Sample. He'd be a 3rd TE on the Steelers. Uzomah is probably a 3rd TE on the Steelers.

So it all needs put in perspective.