Quote:Found that interesting too.


They had Thad Lewis , Jeff Tuel and rookie EJ Manuel throwing that season and ran the ball more than anyone so I wouldn't be surprised if Hackett uses the tight differently here either.

First off, thanks for the links.  Great info.

 

I can imagine even more seam routes here, considering:

 

1.  We have better receivers here than Buffalo had in 2013.

2.  Bortles is better than the QBs Buffalo had in 2013.

3.  Assuming we draft Howard, Howard is faster and a better athlete than Chandler.

 

I would imagine some of the variables to which NYC referred would include:

 

-Down and distance

-Matchups/personnel

-the efficacy/lack thereof of our O-Line.

-running game.

 

Given the depth and the talent involved in this TE class, I would expect those numbers to change even if we didn't take Howard but take another TE.  But if we took Howard, I would expect the seam to be utilized a lot more...actually the way I expected Thomas to be used.

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