Quote:Clay is a different TE. The Julius Thomas numbers don't match up in terms of yards this year due to injuries but the man has 24 TD in 2 years. Manning or not, that number is high for a TE who is out there running some WR routes. It is a major upgrade and a reliable target for Bortles. Get Murray and thats even a more sick offense and with a upgrade at Center/Right Tackle would secure our offense up with Blackmon coming back hopefully in football shape would be epic.

 

Julius Thomas is a great athlete. Not many players with his size that can run like he can. But the thing I can't get out of my head when I watch him (granted, I'm relegated to watching clips on NFL.com), is that the dude is a body-catcher. Of all of the plays I've seen, only one time did I see him actually extend to make a catch. To me, that is very concerning, because it tells me he has to have plays 'designed' for him (shovel passes, wheel routes, fades, quick slants). Don't ask him to make a contested grab over defenders, because that's not his forte. A TE paid as much as Jimmy Graham, shouldn't need plays designed for him to be successful.

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