So what now when it comes to the TE room?

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(03-23-2023, 03:30 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Im really not sure how much a good run blocking tight end actually improves the run game. I know it does, but just not by how much.

and I do believe Mixon deserves a bunch of blame for the run game being bad. Cappa, Collins, and Karras were all better run blockers than the guys that were there in 2021, and the run game was worse.

I would assume that is heavily determined by how many snaps a TE is being asked to help run block.

The TE with the most run blocking reps last year was Cole Kmet with 457 snaps.
Wilcox had 285 run blocking snaps.
Hurst had 149 run blocking snaps.
Asiasi had 139 run blocking snaps.
Sample had 18, but he was basically out the whole year.
Collectively, CIN TEs had 591 run blocking snaps.
So I would think that can be quite a lot.