He might've had some drops as only a rookie kid but there's no way you can consider Amaro as having "stone hands". Not after putting up a whopping 106 receptions for 1,352 receiving yards during his junior season (and final year) with Texas Tech you can't. Fans remember Anthony Becht's nickname of 'stone hands" and feel it's o.k to attach that nickname to anyone. Becht only had 35 college receptions during his Senior year while Amaro put up 106 receptions during his Junior year. "Stone Hands" my ass. It was disheartening to lose Jace last year. At 6'5/265 he can not only catch the ball but also get open with route running ability. Kid can play as a receiving threat who can also lineup wide. During his rookie season with mediocre talent surrounding Amaro along with a struggling Geno (2nd year QB) Amaro still put up 38 receptions for 345 receiving yards and 2 TD receptions. With Fitzpatrick's arm limitations due to lack of arm strength, the additions of Forte catching out of the backfield along with the return of Amaro can really help the efficiency of Ryan Fitzpatrick while scanning the field with two security blankets in which weren't here last year (Forte/Amaro). Amaro didn't quite light up the record books with Geno as a rookie within an offense consisting of mediocre talent but now heading into his 3rd season, dont look now but Amaro can really emerge while giving our offense another wrinkle now being surrounded by the likes of a veteran game manager in Fitz at QB along with a trio of Marshall, Decker & Forte (opening up the field for Amaro to operate underneath & up the seams).
Interesting read on what Amaro is doing to improve http://nypost.com/2016/08/01/the-first-signs-of-a-long-awaited-jace-amaro-breakthrough/ “I definitely still have a lot to prove to these guys,” Amaro said. “That’s going to come with me coming out here every day and doing the little things right. I’m not going to win them over in one day. It’s going to have to be one, two, three, four, five days and then the preseason and then ultimately when the weeks go by in the regular season, just showing them game by game what I can do. Hopefully I improve every single week and showcase what I can do.”
Let's start throwing spirals at a fast speed at you with an angry defense running at you and let's see how many you catch........Amaro might be good or he might not be either way Winslow is still a scrub and a liability.
Good sign! http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2016/08/jets_jace_amaro_changed_his_catching_technique_aft.html
I'm not a professional. It's his job to catch passes and he's yet to show he can do it. Once again, his college numbers are deceiving because of that gimmicky spread system in which he caught tons of short uncontested balls. Not the case in the NFL.
Gailey doesn't put a lot of emphasis on the TE position. He prefers his TE's to mainly block. That said though, if Amaro is going to play a role on this team going forward, the Jets are going to have to find ways to get him involved. Whether he is lining up as a normal tight end, spread out wide or the slot, or playing the H-Back role. He's to much of a matchup problem for opposing defenses to just waste him on the bench or try and make him a blocker.
I don't buy this "Gailey doesn't use TEs" logic. And I'm not calling you out specifically, it's just a line I've seen used repeatedly on this forum. Good coaches (I believe Gailey is one) have a base system but also are flexible enough to tailor it to the personnel they have. You're telling me if we drafted the next Gronk or Jordan Reed, we wouldn't use him that much because Gailey doesn't like TEs? I guarantee you if Amaro makes significant improvements, he will be a major factor in this offense.
Scott Chandler had 38 catches and 6 TDs under Gailey in 2011, 43 catches and 6 TDs under Gailey in 2012. I don't think it's fair to say "he doesn't use TEs" because that's decent production from a tight end two years in a row. There's not an emphasis on the position, but he certainly doesn't flat out ignore it. Last year's TEs were pure shit, that's why they weren't used. I expect Amaro to mimic Chandler's production with less TDs (only because we have two top-tier red zone targets already).
Im not saying he isn't flexible. Like I said, Amaro is to good of a talent for him to not involve into the offense. I fully expect Amaro to be involved in the offense if he is on this team come week 1 which I think we all expect him to be. I just think he'll use different ways to get him involved.
Eager to see Amaro targeted more often in the Redzone than anywhere else. We're not asking him to be Gronk here...
I was one of those under the impression that he didn't really use TE's because, well, he didn't use our TE's It's hard to blame him when Cumberland and Davis dropped 26% of the limited passes sent their way. If you prorate the drops because they were always clutch first down and/or big gains it becomes even more evident why they weren't used. Sadly the guy that ended up being the defacto TE (Enunwa) wasn't much better in the drop department. If you count the targets for Davis, Cumberland, a number of Enunwa's/HB's. It was probably a good 45-50ish targets. Honestly that's not too bad and I'm hoping Amaro can get his shit together so we aren't throwing to Kellen Davis in the end zone again.
Any coordinator with half a brain would avoid using his TEs if the group consisted of Cumberland and Davis.
The funny thing is that is seems like they did try and somehow we all missed it. I don't know if the site where I found the stats counted running wrong routes, being out of position, etc as part of the drop %. If they don't then Davis and Cumberland were even worse than I thought. You could easily say they borked a full third of the plays directed at them. Cumberland in particular, what a freaking waste that guys speed is.
Wrong! Of the top 10 TE's from 2015... Gronk, Bennett, Whitten, Watson are great blockers. Miller, Kelce, Barnidge are good blockers. Olsen and Walker aren't asked too block much.
Rice found stickum. Those gloves they have for receivers now should make almost anyone be able to hang onto the ball.
Eifert can block too, he improved a lot on that since he's been in the league. Don't mind Footballgod214. He's gotten the case of the dumbassitis.
