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All this worrying about te is complete paranoia settling in like the rb position last year before the season... I said we would be fine at rb and we should move deejay to rb before last season and what do you know richt said yesterday he shouldn’t have put out an advertisement out saying they needed help and should have moved Dallas sooner.... another point is we have 2 elite tes coming to fortify the position. They will play right away because they are that good regardless if they are young.
If you want to run in goal line put an extra lineman in the ball game as a “te” if you know you are running or in goal line situations. People make this more complicated than it needs to be... in addition to that we have a legit fullback coming in.
It's not Paranoia. Polendey and Irvin aren't UM caliber. Mallory is underweight and coming off a senior season in which he missed multiple games due to MULTIPLE concussions. Deejay Dallas is not going to bale us out at TE this year.
Our best case scenario is that in the ACC championship game Brevin is still healthy and hasn't hit the freshmen wall before he's asked to block on the best DL he's seen in his life. A DL in which all 4 DL are slated to be picked in the TOP25 of the 1st round.
Did i mention Brian Burns and Zach Allen ?
Comparing the TE and RB positions is just plain stupid as far as "readiness" is concerned. I have no doubt they're ready to show up and catch passes, but expecting them to be factor blocking in the run game vs some of the best defensive lines is fools gold.
If you're worried about scholarship than take this kid and tell Irvin or Polendey to walk. One of them is likely gone next year anyway.