I don't get this. And I probably know Bubba & his carer better than anybody here. Maybe he came cheap?
Looking at last season and given the fact he came of an injury I'm guessing he signed for the veteran minimum...
Bubba can block. That's probably the only reason they kept him, now that Baker is gone. I like Keller a lot, but his blocking is just not there
I'm not sure where people are getting the idea that Franks was re-signed for his blocking. He has always been known as a pass catching TE with barely average blocking ability.
That's simply not true. The Packers even used to line him up against defensive ends. It's more accurate to say he is known as someone who came out of college touted to be a good pass catching TE, but turned out to be an average pass catcher (except for an unusual amount of success in the red zone his first few years) and, after some work on it over the years, an above average blocker. This is not to say that is what he is today though. He's had a lot of injuries the last few years (something he never used to have), so it's been hard to be sure he still has the skills. Well, for me anyway.
I'll be shocked if we don;t sign another vet before the season starts. Whats the deal with June 1st cuts anyway this year? Isn't there something funky with the CBA?
So? Don't most TE's block DE's on sweep plays and off tackle runs and shit? I don't think that makes him a good blocker..
I must politely repeat that, if you think Franks today is a good pass catcher and a poor blocker, you have it completely backwards. He hardly played last year so I understand how you might be fuzzy in your understanding by just watching his limited play on the Jets, but his extensive play with the Packers before last year clearly bears out my point.
I don't think he's a good receiving threat at all anymore... He can block but he's not a beast blocking TE. He's overall a very meh player. Has been for half his career ever since he got injured.
He's a dropper. He dropped almost every pass that went his way and he also struggled with that in GB before he was cut loose.
Yeah after he got injured he got the dropsies and started hearing footsteps so when he did catch the ball he'd go immediately to the turf.
He was Favre's go to TE in GB. I'm just amazed that he's only 31... seems like he's been around a long time.
No, Donald Lee was Favre's go-to TE in 2007. He had a fantastic season, Franks was clearly the backup. Bubba was also second fiddle from the moment Lee came to green bay, in 2005, even though Lee himself was not that good those first couple years (one of the problems for those team was that there was no go-to TE). The idea of Bubba being Favre's go-to TE is very out of date, at least five years old. That's the reason maybe Favre raved a bit about Dustin in his first days here -- he hasn't really had a decent TE in a decade, since Chmura and Jackson, and even a rookie looks good at that point.