If Arroyo Is Better Than Mallory Right Now?

[[]_[] swag]

Here’s the real Q. How good can Jaleel Skinner be?

We’ve got a good 2 TEs and a mediocre receiving room. Skinner flashed in the spring game and I love how the coaches are already splitting him out wide.

Can Skinner be a Pitts type WR/TE that gets significant production as a freshman? That’d be a huge boost for this offense

 

[Billy D Williams]

IMO Mallory is a JAG. Not a good route runner, catcher or blocker. Time to move on to Arroyo and Skinner. Consideration given that the offense is Bo Schembecker clone.

 

[305407cane]

IMO Mallory is a JAG. Not a good route runner, catcher or blocker. Time to move on to Arroyo and Skinner. Consideration given that the offense is Bo Schembecker clone.

This was apparent last year too. Arroyo is all of those things and he’s also better after the catch. Better body control etc.

Injuries seem to have taken their toll on Mallory. Good kid. Good cane. But the snap counts between the two need to flip

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

This was apparent last year too. Arroyo is all of those things and he’s also better after the catch. Better body control etc.

Injuries seem to have taken their toll on Mallory. Good kid. Good cane. But the snap counts between the two need to flip

Arroyo and Skinner should take all of Mallory's snaps. Mallory should primarily be used as a a decoy whose only play is this

 

[JustAFanHTX]

I don’t know how many more snaps you’ll see of Elijah with a U on his helmet tbh

 

[ssvir]

I don’t know how many more snaps you’ll see of Elijah with a U on his helmet tbh

Not happy with the coaching staff or being lured back to Texas?

 

[JustAFanHTX]

Not happy with the coaching staff or being lured back to Texas?

Loves the staff. Doesn’t love his role. When he almost left post manny the place that he was eying features the tight end in their offense heavily. Out wide and in line. Kinda hard to watch for him

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Loves the staff. Doesn’t love his role. When he almost left post manny the place that he was eying features the tight end in their offense heavily. Out wide and in line. Kinda hard to watch for him

 

[ssvir]

Loves the staff. Doesn’t love his role. When he almost left post manny the place that he was eying features the tight end in their offense heavily. Out wide and in line. Kinda hard to watch for him

Unless Skinner bulks way up Arroyo is going to be the lead TE in the offense next year ... that is of course if Mallory doesn't get a 9th year of eligibility somehow.

 

[JustAFanHTX]

Unless Skinner bulks way up Arroyo is going to be the lead TE in the offense next year ... that is of course if Mallory doesn't get a 9th year of eligibility somehow.

I mean cool but he could have been the lead option as a freshman elsewhere. Next year he’s a 3rd year player

 

[JustAFanHTX]

Too soon to panic lol

 

[PIPO]

I don’t know how many more snaps you’ll see of Elijah with a U on his helmet tbh

I’ve been wanting Mallory bumped down forever and Arroyo to be #1. This really ****es me off.

 

[Mnhurricane]

I mean cool but he could have been the lead option as a freshman elsewhere. Next year he’s a 3rd year player

Pathetic how poorly we use our TEs. A stable of them built to be split out wide and we can’t use them correctly

 

[ssvir]

I mean cool but he could have been the lead option as a freshman elsewhere. Next year he’s a 3rd year player

Not really sure how to feel about that since he was never going to be Brock Bowers going in to a top 10 team and starting as a Freshman.

Mallory's snaps seem to be there for the taking this year but between Arroyo's alleged injury and what I've read regarding his blocking this year (below average) seems like just needs to get better blocking and continue to get bigger/stronger/faster and prepare for the lead role next season.

 

[Artist Formerly Known As]

Can’t say I’d blame him.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

I mean cool but he could have been the lead option as a freshman elsewhere. Next year he’s a 3rd year player

This is the 25th time I've posted my suggested offense for Gattis. I think he'll pick up on it eventually.

 

[Baba Yaga]

Too soon to panic lol

Too late.

 

[Maskoff407]

Is water wet?

 

[moshated305]

Still waiting to see this star player this board has made Arroyo to be. The backup is always better but I saw him whiff on a block and get blown up on short yardage situations just like Mallory does. We gotta stop hyping these players up before they do anything.

 

[ScubaCane]

This was apparent last year too. Arroyo is all of those things and he’s also better after the catch. Better body control etc.

Injuries seem to have taken their toll on Mallory. Good kid. Good cane. But the snap counts between the two need to flip

Arroyo is an absolutely terrible blocker, he's as bad or worse than Mallory and that's saying something. I'm hopeful Skinner will bulk up and become a decent blocker next year.