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Caldrac · 05-02-2019, 10:10 AM

(05-02-2019, 09:59 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:
(05-02-2019, 09:54 AM)Caldrac Wrote: A lot of people said Dallas Goedert couldn't block worth a lick last year when he got drafted by the Eagles but when he finally started seeing the field more and more he was being praised for his toughness in the blocking area. Oliver at 6'5, 250 has the frame to add more bulk and should develop just fine. He's in the NFL now. He'll have the benefit of working out with guys everyday that have been doing this [BLEEP] for 5, 10 years.

I think between Pharoah McKever, Ben Koyack, Geoff Swaim and certainly James O'Shaughnessy we'll get a solid blocker or two on this roster at the TE position. Oliver is going to be a move TE as a rookie more than likely that Foles will look to target here and there. He'll either serve as a decoy in certain situations or he'll be the focal point in certain situations if they feel they've discovered a mismatch throughout each week.
Imagine taking Goedert last season in round 1....

It could have been a good pick. I don't know how Hackett would have worked him into the offense though. Bortles couldn't get a clean pass out to anybody. He was overthrowing O'Shaughnessy's tall [BLEEP] all the time and he was doing that to Lewis too early on in his career.

Hopefully Oliver and Armstead make up for passing on Goedert and Michel/Chubb last year. We'll see. If Bryan comes out this year and starts wrecking havoc behind the L.O.S all is forgiven.

(05-02-2019, 10:04 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Goedert was the best blocking and receiving TE to come out last year.

The people that knocked him for his blocking was just people trying to just say random stuff

Goederts blocking was one of the positives about him as a prospect and why he would of been a perfect fit along with his insane catches.

https://twitter.com/PFF_Jordan/status/96...72032?s=19

I think a lot of it was just him coming from a small school and the perception was that he was playing against weak defenders. I remember when they either played Chicago in the regular season or post season that Colinsworth specifically brought it up on one particular play. I think he actually chipped block the [BLEEP] out of Khalil Mack or pancaked him and then on that very same drive he had a huge splash play in the receiving game that either got called back or it stood. But I thought Hurst and Gesicki were praised more and considered better blockers?

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