05-30-2019, 01:29 PM
(05-29-2019, 09:41 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: When we took Sample I looked up his stats and was confused. Way too high of a pick for a guy with barely any receiving ability, I thought. However, the more research you do on the guy, and if you watch the games, you can see he is pretty damn fluid and has good hands.
TE was a HUGE need for this team. Eifert is way too unreliable, but Dalton is a 2x better QB when he is around. We all witnessed the dropoff in offensive production once he went down.
I believe Dalton is a TE needy QB (who isn't), much like a Matt Schaub. Allz i'm saying is, Drew Sample could be the James Casey to Tyler Eifert's Owen Daniels, if you know what I mean!
Great post GCB, love the James Casey/Owen Daniels part. Daniels that one year was like the best TE in the NFL.
I think we might see more of the TE being used then what some have been thinking.
We know the Rams didn't use the TE much in the passing game but from everything i am seeing Taylor and Callahan will have every option open. Like you said, Dalton needs a good TE and with Sample he just seems solid in every aspect and is more likely to stay healthy (knock on wood) then a TE like Eifert.
We will see, i knew about Sample and did think he would fall further then he did prior to the Draft. But we all know how the Draft goes and we got the best blocking TE which is very valuable. Other teams in the 2nd round were going to take him right after us too from all reports. To trade back and get him while adding another player actually might be the best move in this Draft and i liked everything that went on. Got my 2nd favorite Linebacker in Pratt, an athletic, freak talent at DT in Wrenn and the best RB in the entire Draft in Traveon Williams in the 6th round.
