Noah Fant Signed

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(Yesterday, 11:31 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Fant isn't a stud, but he is at least a credible 2-way, in-line TE. I think he should help our offense in ways beyond his own blocking & catching. Now the D will have a harder time knowing what is coming. 



What this means for the TE room, IDK. We kept 5 last year. Gesicki is surely safe. And Fant. Fant is a better receiver than blocker, so this being bad news for Hudson seems the simplest conclusion.  McLachlan was at the bottom of the totem pole last year, he barely played, so you can make a case for him getting bumped. Grandy is probably the least likely to get claimed by another team, and Taylor can possibly fill his role backing up Sample has the blocker. But if we need cap space, it is probably Sample, and he graded out the worst (by a wide margin) of the 4 who played last year. 

Agreed, while not a superstar he's definitely the type of addition that will help the team in more ways than show up on the stat sheet. Not sure who they let go of to make room for Fant. I guess it depends upon what direction they want the dynamic of the offense to go.