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[kerouac9]

He was drafted to be a blocking TE. No one was talking about him being a top receiving TE. We all knew any yardage would be bonus. Not seeing this as a knock on him at all. He did what we drafted him to do.

See, this is what the actual Trey McBride discourse was about. Tight end prospects are historically volatile; investing high picks in them is a fool's errand if you're trying to draft efficiently.

What is the marginal value a blocking TE brings over running out your 3rd OT on the 41% of offensive downs he's on the field? He had seven targets in 17 games. He was running more routes out there as the season went on, and I'm not as upset about the potential as others are.

I'm also not saying that he's already one of the top five blocking TEs in the league because literally no one pays attention to the top blocking TEs and people really mean "I don't know what I'm talking about" when they say that.

Because you don't take a blocking TE in round 3 when there are good offensive and defensive linemen still on the board

It certainly feels like a #2 TE or #3 TE (depending on how you feel about Elijah Jones) offers less positional value that what is essentially What If Rondale Moore But Big.

 

[DVontel]

Yea, you guys have to give rookies more than just their rookie season before making a conclusion. Not everyone is just bursts out the scene at a high level.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

A few years ago you labeled McBride as "looking like a big miss"

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None of that should affect bad snaps and false starts, especially as the C. Sacks, he gets a bit more leeway with, sure, but even then he's not been good. Compete for a backup spot? Sure. Nothing more. Not playing shotgun much seems like a pretty good excuse for bad snaps. As I said, he's...

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Maybe we we should give these young guys a year or two to develop. That "big miss" has developed into arguably the top TE in the league or at least among the top 3.

Which is why I included the caveat "and so far", which was true at the time.

 

[slanidrac16]

Yea, you guys have to give rookies more than just their rookie season before making a conclusion. Not everyone is just bursts out the scene at a high level.

Obviously , they don’t.
In spite of many opinions on this site the team has improved. The cap is in great shape. The culture has changed. We might not be thrilled at where we are at to this point but it has improved.
Of course past success( or shortcomings) is no guarantee for future success or shortcomings.

Steady as she goes. No matter what Monti does this off season it won’t be enough for us. Our free agency probably will not be enough and the draft will be full of “ we should haves”.

Score 20pts…. Just 20pts. against the Seahawks and Rams and we are in the playoffs. A terrible call on Rieman vs the Vikings probably cost us the game. We blew Three shots at winning the game against the Panthers.

We are better. We are close. Unfortunately, to get over the hump we have to get a LOT better and hope the football gods bless us with a little luck.

 

[Chopper0080]

I feel like it is ok to feel like Monti did not get great value out of his four 3rd round picks. That said, the only two I have an issue with are Benson and Jones. Benson because there were clearly other, and potentially better, options in the draft taken after Benson. Jones because of the composition of the DB room after taking Melton in round 2.

 

[Stout]

Yea, you guys have to give rookies more than just their rookie season before making a conclusion. Not everyone is just bursts out the scene at a high level.

Absolutely. But it is a message board and posters will expound about needs and how they feel those needs aren't being met. I think counting on DRob to be the absolute beast DL we need next season is foolish. That doesn't mean I think he doesn't have the chance to develop into a good player or anything. It just means I'm not ready to rely on that huge jump from year 1 to year 2. Call it the BJ Ojulari effect. Monti putting all his eggs in the Ojulari basket at edge this season was sheer idiocy. Unless Beej became an instant high-impact edge, the plan was awful. Even then, we would have lacked other needed talent at the position. Of course, the injury knocked him out of contention, but there's no way Monti can legislate for the injury. He can be blamed for general lack of edge talent/depth on the roster, but not the injury.