Let's discuss player development or lack of under ZT

[SunsetBengal]

(12-20-2020, 11:51 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Come on, you and I both know the reason he only had 30 yards his rookie year was because he was 3rd on the depth chart behind Eifert and Uzomah. Since Eifert and Uzomah both played in all 16 games last season, there was really no opportunity to play Sample. But he's the starter now when Uzomah went down in Game 2 this season.

I believe that if he had been the primary TE last season, he would probably be about the same production he's at now. It's really not difficult for the starting TE to get to 322 yards in 13 games nowadays.

I'm not ready to say he's truly developed until I see him next year.

I think that a lot has to do with how he's used.  He only has 3 drops on 48 targets (6% drop rate), 15 1st downs on 36 catches, not bad.  his catch rate of 75% (36 rec on 48 targets) is not bad either.  The biggest problem is that they aren't targeting him down field much.  His average catch before run is 4.8 yards, not his fault.

The way I see it, his development is going just fine.  The problem seems to be that the offense is only asking him to be a 5 yard out safety valve.