TE position

[SunsetBengal]

(12-29-2016, 12:05 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: This makes a LOT more sense.  Have a two TE set with Uzomah and Roberts.  Roberts would usually stay in to help block, but occasionally flip the script and have Uzo block and roll this guy out to get 7 yards and move the chains or in the Red Zone.  

This is what virtually every other team is doing with great success and the Bengals stick with 3 WR sets with guys that need time to separate.  The two TE set creates match-up problems RIGHT off the LOS.  The defense has to adjust to which TE is going out in a pattern.  It is usually a LB that has to make that read.  

Sam Wyche was the master of using his TEs to create mismatches in the defense...and as soon as the safeties started cheating up, hello deep ball to Collinsworth, Eddie Brown, or Tim McGee.  God, do I miss a creative, attacking offense.  Dalton would destroy teams with an offense like this.  Sad thing is, they are only a good run-blocking TE away from opening a lot of these things up.  That is assuming no other changes/losses on the offensive line.  

I'll admit, I didn't really watch any UT games this season.  However, a quick stat check shows that they were 6th in the Nation in total offense, averaging around 520 yds and 38 pts/game.  They averaged 195 yds rushing per game, so I would surmise that in addition to catching 15 TDs, Roberts also knows how to block.

A quick look showed no actual pro scouting reports on Roberts. But, this is what Matt Miller of Bleacher Report has to say about him.

A late addition to my tight end rankings, Michael Roberts is a player I'm falling in love with the more I watch. 
An East-West Shrine Game invite, Roberts is a massive man at 6'5" and 270 pounds. As only a one-year starter, he has raw traits but impresses as a three-down tight end capable of lining up on the end of the offensive line or flexed out. And unlike many top tight ends in previous classes, Roberts can actually block well in the run game.
With 16 touchdowns on the season, Roberts emerged as a true playmaker for Toledo. His size and production are tough to overlook now.