Drew Sample is a Bum

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(12-13-2020, 06:01 PM)THE Bigzoman Wrote: He’s really not a bum though.

Depends on your definition, TBH.

People saying he's bad are expecting a 2nd round TE to be (far) more of a receiving threat than Sample has been.

Through 13 games, Sample has 322 yards, 0 TDs. And he only had 30 yards in 9 games played last year.

As a blocker though, Sample is rather good. They probably wouldn't be criticizing Sample as much if he was a Day 3 pick (which is what he was projected to be).

The reality is there is no drafted TE in that class that is doing better than Sample who was taken after him. The only solid-or-better receiving TEs in that draft have been TJ Hockenson and Noah Fant, both 1st rounders.
Does that mean the pick of Sample was justified because no TE taken after has been better? No. It just means that the TE class as a whole was terrible aside from Hockenson and Fant.

There also hasn't been a single TE from the 2020 draft class who has been a highly-contributing pass catcher.