Quote:He had a drop against the Panthers or Dolphins.

 

Of course Julius Thomas will get passes thrown his way. He is a receiving tight end, not a blocker.

 

Dolphins or Panthers?  Well which one?  Or do you mis-remember?  I can't think of one drop he had.  Not saying you're wrong, but your response is not one I can take as fact, since you cannot remember which team it came from...

 

Regarding your second statement:  Yes, he's a receiving TE.  Harbor has had some passes thrown his way this year and last year for big chunks of yardage, but it doesn't seem like it's the team's philosophy to get the TE involved in the game in a consistent manner.  One pass here or there per game...

 

Now we bring in this "great" new TE, you'd think that we'd have a bunch of play packages for this new weapon.  He got hurt, but I don't see many play packages for Harbor.  And again, it's not like Harbor hasn't shown he can get open and get big yards this year and last year.

 

So what gives any of us the confidence that when JT comes back we are gonna feature him any more?  Just because he's awesome?  I hope that's the answer...  But I don't trust the coaching staff enough to have such confidence that once JT is healthy, all of a sudden we're gonna be throwing to the TE 5-8 times per game.

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