Official Tanner Hudson for TE1 campaign thread

[*ochocincos*]

In preseason, Hudson looked like a natural out there catching passes. Best looking pass catcher among all the TEs in preseason.

In his 1 game this season, he put up the best YPR among all the TEs (15.0) and actually leads all TEs in rec yards.

When it comes to blocking, Bengals don't really use TE to pass block. It's just run blocking.
Only 9 pass block snaps for TEs through 3 games.

While I know some people hate PFF grades, Tanner Hudson actually has the highest run block grade among the TEs (82.4).
The other TEs have more run block snaps, but maybe Hudson isn't as bad blocking as we think and he just needs to get more snaps in general.

If Hudson were to even average ~30 yards a game from here on out, he'd have ~400-500 yards on the season, which is right about what Bengals TEs have been around in recent years.

Last, it's not like Bengals have some big money going toward Irv Smith or Drew Sample to justify playing them a lot over Hudson.
Smith's getting just $1.75 mill this season, Sample just $1.1 mill.