09-17-2021, 06:04 AM
"Need" is a funny word. Does a team need a #1 like Higgins, a #2 like Chase, and a slot like Boyd? No, a team doesn't really "need" that mix of personnel in order to win games. That doesn't mean that those three aren't capable of winning games. Getting open, catching balls, blocking well, ect. etc. is never bad. If you add a Gronk in his prime or a Kittle or a Waller or etc. etc. to this offense, is it really accurate to say that they wouldn't be better? Yeah, Uzomah is a pretty good athlete in a straight line. Sample is a pretty good blocker and outlet receiver. Does anyone really believe that playoff caliber teams wouldn't be able to scheme against them better than they could against an elite TE? Does anyone really believe that having an elite TE to pick up the slack in cold weather and/or when receivers may be injured wouldn't be more effective than just eating into other players' yardage?
I mean, I guess you could look back at a lot of really good teams and claim that they don't "need" this player or that, but TEs probably play an underrated position to this day. The best of the best move the needle for their respective teams more than the best of the best receivers do. Also: without Uzomah or Sample this offense gets a lot worse overnight.
I mean, I guess you could look back at a lot of really good teams and claim that they don't "need" this player or that, but TEs probably play an underrated position to this day. The best of the best move the needle for their respective teams more than the best of the best receivers do. Also: without Uzomah or Sample this offense gets a lot worse overnight.
