I'm betting they feel comfortable with the Fields/Ruckert connection, but I would imagine this would be something they address in the draft. I wouldn't be surprised if we address it with our first pick. Warren and Loveland are great prospects to me. Outside of the first round possibilities that I like are... Harold Fannin Jr, TE, Bowling Green - Athletic, can do it all. Probably should go In the first round, doubt he does though. Good YAC TE. Elijah Arroyo, TE, Miami - Cam Wards safety net. I like what this kid has to offer overall, very sound in most his game. He should be a mismatch for most teams at the next level. Mason Taylor, TE, LSU - Probably the most reliable TE in this draft. He should be a good one at the next level on that alone. I don't love his balance, strong hands, good routes, tall and lanky, Not a freak but a true football player. Terrance Ferguson, TE, Oregon - I love this kid but he's got a lot of work to do inline. The blocking was by far the weakness of his game. If he can get a little stronger and get coached up properly, he can be a stud for someone. Some potential names for us beyond the 1st round at the position as well for others to check out. I think any of these guys would upgrade the position instantly.
I never expected you to be a guy who buys into "messaging" as anything to hang your hat on but maybe you really were an "all gas, no brakes," "keeping receipts" kind of guy when now you sound just like a same old "same old Jets" man. It's Coachspeak, for crying out loud! Of course they're all saying it's "win now" time - have you ever in our life heard a coach, manager or owner say anything else? It's meaningless! But you probably believe everything you see on the internet too!
Yeah…kind of like the “even a blind squirrel can find a nut at some point” line of thinking But I’m more on the line of thinking that says “hey…we’ve gone rookie HCs since forever…we’ve gone defensive rookie HCs in forever…how about we actually open our eyes and look at the league becoming more of an offensive league, and how about we look at our particular team knowing we don’t have a QB, so we will need to draft one sooner rather than later, if not this year, then likely next year, or even if we want to give Fields the best chance to succeed, why don’t we try and find the next great offensive mind instead of keep trying to win in an offensive focused league with rookie defensive guys” kind of thinking… We’ve literally done this time after time after time and it has NEVER worked. Only a fucking idiot like Woody would keep banging his head against this wall. And yeah, I get we tried Gase as an offensive guy but that was NEVER a good hire and WE all knew it…everyone knew it other than the douchebag moron who actually got to make the decision. So to me, sure, is there a chance Glenn will succeed? Yeah…Parcells likes him and that means a lot to me. But stepping back from that, I think the chances are much higher that trying to succeed and win and develop a QB with a rookie DC as HC and a rookie OC who’s never done it before and pairing that with a rookie GM will more like fail…it’s an exact repeat of what we just did with Saleh.
I really hope not. But I do think they are going to grab one in the draft in later rounds. This is a good TE class. The way I see it, they don't want to give up on Ruckert yet, especially with Fields here, and they replaced Conklin with Smartt. While the Chargers did the opposite. Both are not good blockers, but Smartt is younger, faster, and much more athletic. Conk has great hands and more accomplished. Let's see who won that exchange, but I think there is another TE coming via draft, who can actually block... But with Ruckert and Smartt on the roster, there was no room for another TE who sucks at blocking.
Really? There's something wrong with analyzing something somebody says instead of just taking it as face value? Thanks for the insight into your (lack of) thought process - it explains a lot.
