02-24-2024, 03:38 PM
(02-23-2024, 06:53 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I also wanna add that had Hudson gotten 500+ receiving reps like we saw with Hurst and Uzomah, we may have seen a TE finally have 600+ yards again.
We haven't seen that since Eifert's 2015 season.
Hudson had 352 yards on just 240 receiving snaps last year.
If OP wanted to re-sign Hudson as the main TE and draft BSF to act as TE2/3, I'd be ok with that plan.
As for BSF's agility and speed, we'll ultimately see how he does in the upcoming Combine/Pro Day drills, but his tape doesn't look very fast or twitchy to me.
Again, not saying he's bad, as I like what he has to offer in a Drew Sample type of depth role.
Those are great stats and thank you for posting them. What I find even better about those stats are that they absolutely show that the Bengals do not need to use the 18th overall selection to select a TE. These stats prove that the Bengals offense and use of the TE does not at all require a high draft selection. As well, if you look at my posted assumptions for virtually every simulation I have done it is that Tanner Hudson is back with the Bengals and almost certainly so as he is a restricted free agent.
However, while you are attempting to downplay the importance of the TE as a blocker for the Bengals you may want to find out why Hudson did not start the season on the 53 even after his preseason showing. From every account I have been able to find it was because he had to clean up some issues in his blocking game as his receiving ability was not really in question.
Thank you for sharing the stats though I appreciate the time you put into compiling those and they do make me reconsider somethings when looking at Bengals prospects. I will be doing another simulation with my reconsidered thoughts on the TE position. I also hope that under our new OC that they will revamp somethings within the offense and that we will see more use of under center snaps and a heavier emphasis on play action as we saw with Jake Browning. I believe employing these as a standard in our offense makes Joe Burrow even more dangerous and could expand the role of the TE even more.
