DAILY DEBATE: Who is the best tight end in Miami history?

[Hurricane23]

Great list, but I feel Winslow was our best athlete and most physical. Not sure why everyone is sleeping on his blocking and physicality. He was an assassin on special teams his true freshman year. Not sure if any of our other TE’s played any special teams at all before they were starters.

Yeah you right Winslow was very physical and athletic I remember the 4th down catch against WV. But I definitely think Sockey was the most physical, you didn’t really see Jimmy’s athleticism until he became polished in the nfl but he was unstoppable at one point.

 

[Hurricane23]

While Winslow was a great player during his time at The U, my comment was in reference to his extracurricular hobbies. It’s actually disgusting. I don’t know how one of his teammates didn’t lay him out. I know if I was sitting next to him on a team flight and he started flogging his dummy, he’s getting my fist to his jaw.

I’m sure he didn’t pull out his man’s in front of his teammates

 

[mj33]

That's a nearly impossible question to answer. We have had so many great ones. From Coleman Bell, to Willie Smith to Rob Chudzinski to Mondriel Fulcher to Bubba Franks to Jeremy Shockey to Kellen Winslow Jr to Kevin Everitt to Jimmy Graham to Clive Walford to David Njoku to Chris Herndon to Brevin Jordan to Will Mallory to Elijah Arroyo and there's more I missed. Trying to pick the greatest TE who played for TEU is a daunting task. Still I've got to go with Jeremy Shockey over Winslow, Graham, Njoku and Arroyo.

I guess it wasn’t that impossible.

 

[Gru]

In my time,
Winslow (his catch against WVU and the natty game against OSU are canon events for me in my early fandom)
Shockey
Olsen
Njoku
Arroyo
Brevin Jordan
Walford
Herndon
Mallory

I'm not going to list Graham seeing as he barely played here and when he did, he had me steamed over a dropped pass against VT.

 

[423Hurricane]

I’m surprised there’s no mention of Jimmy Graham. He was a freak and went on to have a very good NFL career.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I’m surprised you degenerates haven’t gone off the rails with this one

I tried.

 

[ThomasM]

We can blame "The Kyle & Kirby show".

To be fair, Olsen had some huge, HUGE drops when he was here. I'm talking 3rd down drive and momentum killers. Him and Lance Leggett could write a how to book on how to drop passes while wearing orange and green. Olsen was awesome, but people seem to forget the drops, because Wright and Freeman had such awful moments.

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

I’m sure he didn’t pull out his man’s in front of his teammates

Oh yeah? I would hold back those laugh tears and read this first....

You Never Knew Kellen Winslow Jr.

Ex-teammates and coaches tell appalling stories of sexual deviance, years before he was convicted of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman. The disturbing crimes and dark past of a former football star and son of football royalty.

www.si.com

If you don't have the patience to read it all, scroll about 1/3 of the way down and you'll begin to see the stories.

 

[Dwinstitles]

In my time,
Winslow (his catch against WVU and the natty game against OSU are canon events for me in my early fandom)
Shockey
Olsen
Njoku
Arroyo
Brevin Jordan
Walford
Herndon
Mallory

I'm not going to list Graham seeing as he barely played here and when he did, he had me steamed over a dropped pass against VT.

**** that’s a crazy list I be forgetting holy ****. What a list of TEs

 

[FrancisSawyer]

How do you name all other those and not mention Olsen?

Relax my friend. I forgot just like I said in the post. Totally spaced it with Greg Olsen.

 

[Combo]

That's a nearly impossible question to answer. We have had so many great ones. From Coleman Bell, to Willie Smith to Rob Chudzinski to Mondriel Fulcher to Bubba Franks to Jeremy Shockey to Kellen Winslow Jr to Kevin Everitt to Greg Olsen to Jimmy Graham to Clive Walford to David Njoku to Chris Herndon to Brevin Jordan to Will Mallory to Elijah Arroyo and there's more I missed. Trying to pick the greatest TE who played for TEU is a daunting task. Still I've got to go with Jeremy Shockey over Winslow, Graham, Njoku and Arroyo.

That list is absurd!

Tie between Shockey and Winslow. And I believe both were here together at least one year.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

That list is absurd!

Tie between Shockey and Winslow. And I believe both were here together at least one year.

They were together in 2001. That squad was so ridiculous that Ed Reed and Sean Taylor were on it. Just imagine two transcendent talents like Shockey and Winslow, and Reed and Taylor on the same team at the same position. Teams go 20-30 years between players of that caliber and we had both pairs at the same time. Then to also have Magahee, Portis and Gore on the same squad??? Just unbelievable. We tend to take it for granted but those 2000-2003 squads were not normal. That and I didn't mention guys like Antrell Rolle and Philip Buchanan and Jon Vilma and DJ Williams. Unreal.

 

[lholtz52]

That's a nearly impossible question to answer. We have had so many great ones. From Coleman Bell, to Willie Smith to Rob Chudzinski to Mondriel Fulcher to Bubba Franks to Jeremy Shockey to Kellen Winslow Jr to Kevin Everitt to Greg Olsen to Jimmy Graham to Clive Walford to David Njoku to Chris Herndon to Brevin Jordan to Will Mallory to Elijah Arroyo and there's more I missed. Trying to pick the greatest TE who played for TEU is a daunting task. Still I've got to go with Jeremy Shockey over Winslow, Graham, Njoku and Arroyo.

A real good in Dennison

 

[FuriousStyles]

In my time,
Winslow (his catch against WVU and the natty game against OSU are canon events for me in my early fandom)
Shockey
Olsen
Njoku
Arroyo
Brevin Jordan
Walford
Herndon
Mallory

I'm not going to list Graham seeing as he barely played here and when he did, he had me steamed over a dropped pass against VT.

Super disrespectful for you to leave Beau Sandiland and Chase Ford off our CVS receipt list of stud TEs

 

[Elmer Leghorn]

Winslow

 

[Empirical Cane]

I’m surprised you degenerates haven’t gone off the rails with this one

Disappointing really.

 

[MedleyCane]

One could go with several candidates as the no.1 TE in Canes' history.

To me it would be Shockey from the perspective of who on the list would instill
most fear in opposing Defensive Coordinators and players and I think it would be him.

 

[hoops156]

Winslow tied w shock

 

[TemplarCane]

Such a difficult call.

None of the players dominated for multiple seasons. Franks may come the closest, but didn’t play on the best teams with the best quarterbacks. Shockey, Winslow, and Njoku came on late their sophomore years, had great junior years, and went pro early. Olsen was not used enough. We only got a glimpse of Jimmy Graham. Arroyo spent most of his career rehabbing until a breakout season.

At least that’s how I remember it.

 

[Combo]

They were together in 2001. That squad was so ridiculous that Ed Reed and Sean Taylor were on it. Just imagine two transcendent talents like Shockey and Winslow, and Reed and Taylor on the same team at the same position. Teams go 20-30 years between players of that caliber and we had both pairs at the same time. Then to also have Magahee, Portis and Gore on the same squad??? Just unbelievable. We tend to take it for granted but those 2000-2003 squads were not normal. That and I didn't mention guys like Antrell Rolle and Philip Buchanan and Jon Vilma and DJ Williams. Unreal.

Also Bryant Mckinnie and Andre Johnson on that team.

McKinnie was Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year. Not sure they've given it to an OL any other time.

Probably never see another team like that. Butch Davis talent accumulation was unparalleled.