Is the team better now compared to last year?

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(05-03-2023, 03:47 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Wash.
1) TE. Smith for Hurst is a wash, maybe a slight downgrade due to durability. But getting Sample back healthy is a slight upgrade to last year's #2 (Wilcox). Asiasi is the same #3. Wilcox could still return.

Not so sure about that.

It's kinda hard to gauge run blocking without going back to look for specifically the YPC behind Sample vs Wilcox (I wasn't able to find), but from a PFF grading perspective, here was Wilcox's 2022 compared to Sample's 2021 (was healthy all year).

Wilcox 2022:
Receiving - 55.7, (8.2 YPC)
Pass Block - 72.1 (0 pressures allowed, 37 pb snaps)
Run Block - 60.1

Sample 2021:
Receiving - 56.1 (7.4 YPC)
Pass Block - 73.4 (3 pressures allowed inc. 1 sack, 65 pb snaps)
Run Block - 61.5

Wilcox was just about on par with Sample.
Wilcox might be a bit better in the receiving game too.