Agreed. To say that we under-utilized him is a stretch.
He’d be 8th in yards and 21st in catches and 22nd in targets in 2025. He was 25th in targets in 2024. He played with 0 NFL talent WRs and I’d argue was by far the most explosive play threat TE in 2024, yet was 25th in targets in the #2 passing attack in the country. His catch and run against GT showed that catch and run ability but we rarely used it.
I guess you could say we could have targeted him more but was that because we purposely didn’t call plays for him? Or maybe the quarterback didn’t look his way enough? I don’t know. But either way being 25th in targets when there are over 130 teams isn’t exactly what I’d call being ignored.
And mind you this is with 3 wrs having 50 catches and 600 plus yards, and our wr4 having 36 for 500.
11 personnel is our most used personnel package, we run the ball alot out of it. If we took the tight end out then guess what the defense knows now? Guess what they will know when we put the tight end back in?
I think we’re arguing the same points but from different directions. My point is, if we’re not going to target a TE (Bauman and McCormick) why do we have them on the field on passing downs. Bauman played 600+ snaps? To me if we’re not looking their way, and even with Arroyo only being targeted 45x in 13 games, why have them on the field in those obvious passing downs.
Thats why i said we could use 10p more but everyone basically calling for us to do it alot doesn’t understand a TEs role. The main problem is we have to get better TEs in the building
Yes idiots, at least on this subject. We had a historically great passing offense, #1 in literally every any analytic you pick and you’re telling me we should have said hey stop what you’re doing because the tight ends isn’t getting enough targets lmao?
Apparently we didn’t use the tight end enough?
I think a lot of it has to do with substitution packages. Defenses decide what personnel package they’re going to use based solely on who’s in the opposing huddle. If they see 11 personnel they have to at least respect the possibility of a run play. They don’t know where the tight end is going to line up until it’s too late to sub. It’s why almost every team uses 11 personnel a majority of the time even if they don’t have a receiving threat at tight end. Having a possible sixth blocker on the field drastically affects defensive personnel and play call.
If he couldn’t beat out the worst TE in the history of Miami then I don’t think he’ll ever be the guy
If people understood this this wouldn’t be a conversation, we just have to upgrade the te room
Yes, 1- who in that group has proven they can make an impact?
Lofton has shown the ability to make plays but seemed to be injured much of 2025. He is more of a utility player than a traditional tight end. He can be an impact player if used properly and healthy.
I can recall he's made play, not plays