(12-28-2023, 12:02 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(12-28-2023, 11:30 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: That was the plan and that's why they drafted him in the 2nd.  Thats what they tried to do earlier in the season until everytime he was out there he was missing blocks, not getting open, dropping balls.  getting no push in the run game and Doug finally realized how bad he was.  Regardless how i feel about a pick, once he's a Jag I will always pull for the player and hope he succeeds.  I'd love for him to have a great game this weekend and a strong close to the season, it doesn't mean I liked the pick.  I'm not going to sit there and bash any player before one steps on the field, I'll give them the benefit of doubt once he puts on a Jag jersey.  I hated the Chaisson pick but have pulled for the guy ever since we drafted him hoping he turns a corner.
Hated the Byran pick even though he was a Gator, becuase he wasnt even that good in college and we drafted him in the first when Goedert was sitting right there for the taking.  These things are common for Jags GMs

Nah - I don't think that was the plan. 
They simply needed a Y TE who could at least be considered a receiving threat by defenses so Engram didn't get locked in the radar of opponents in 12 or 13 looks.  Of course - they picked the wrong one and too early. But giving Strange 6 targets a game was never the intention.

You kept harping on Doug's offense being all about two TEs.
That is a myth. 
Multiple receiving TEs are no more important in Doug's offense than in 14 other schemes being run around the league. 
He just happened to get really good TE production for 2 years in Philly because he only had one good receiver. 
How ppl can't put that together is astounding to me. He merely targeted the best guys he had - which happened to be 1 WR and 2 TE. 
He's stated in multiple pressers that his offense isn't about one position group and he tailors his playbook every season to the guys he has. 
If his system was all about two TEs as you kept oddly insisting - Engram would not have 10 times more targets than any other TE on the roster.

He absolutely wants to run more 2 TE sets he just doesn't have the talent to do it and why he drafted a TE in the 2nd. You don't take a player in the 2nd to play a couple times a game.   I never said his offense is about 1 position group, you are just throwing [BLEEP] on the wall again hoping it sticks as usual.  I have said he uses the TE position better and likes to use it more than most coaches like like Reid, he just doesn't have the talent to do it.  Engram has 10 times more targets than any other TE becuase he has nothing behind him.  If we had another stud TE the numbers would be much closer.  It's crazy i have to explain this to you over and over lol

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Doug had much bigger plans for Strange this year he just hasn't been good enough and it hasn't turned out the way he planned

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