(12-28-2023, 01:16 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(12-28-2023, 12:30 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: 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

I tend to agree with this above in bold. They dropped the 61st overall pick on him. 7 targets through 12 games with just 4 catches for 34 yards and a TD is probably not the immediate return investment you're looking for with that selection.

It's frustrating if they had intentions of using him more than what he is now. Here's some interesting things to consider. We traded down with Buffalo who took Dalton Kincaid.

Kincaid - 62 catches, 502 yards with 2 TD's.

We then have LaPorta who is leading them all by a mile. Then you have Green Bay with Musgrave and Kraft giving them some good production already with Love. They're combined for a little more than what Kincaid has on his own. Mayer has been decent with a dysfunctional Raiders team. Schoonmaker and Mallory have also had some decent moments. 

It's just frustrating for me. I was saying it over and over last year and earlier this year, that, this draft class back in April had a really nice TE group to pick and choose from, we not only used a high draft pick on the position, but, we [BLEEP] swung and missed BIG TIME at that. Strange was not on my radar. At all. 

He's the least productive receiving TE from this class though so far with the exception of maybe three guys that have not seen the field yet but they were all day three picks. This team doesn't know what the [BLEEP] it's doing. It's clear as day now. There's a disconnect between this staff and scouting department.

Something needs to give. Blundered at least 11 - 12 picks out of 14 back in April. Harrison being the most promising and them some flashes from guys like Johnson and Washington. 

The more I look at that TE group and this class? The more pissed off I get actually.

Just think if we went 
1. LaPorta
2.Torrence
3. Jones


That would of been an amazing draft and this offense would likely be humming right now.  The position wasn't the problem it was the player.  With that said, next year he could come in and light it up.  Hopefully he does and proves all the doubters wrong including myself, I'd love that

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