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252cane said:
And that’s my point. Bauman wasn’t good at anything so at the least I think they will be better in the passing game. And we don’t need lofton to become an elite blocker just be solid. Viti played fb and was o-line coach at army. So he is experienced as a player and coach in blocking and he should help in that regard
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We will be better in the pass game because of our wrs and qb upgrades not because of the te. But a bad te can tip off tendencies and hurt the run game. Hopefully lofton raises his level and the young guys step up

Just because it worked last year doesn’t mean it’s just fine to downgrade lol. And bauman played because he was at least an average in line blocker, what we have now idk yet
 
DWade3 said:
252cane said:
E1k said:
252cane said:
We will be fine at TE. Just made the championship game with bauman. I get we have great history at the position and I think that plays into it a lot. Majority of people can’t name who Indiana TE was last year. And the crazy part is he was similar to lofton being more of a h back type at 6’1 240. As long as they aren’t just a cone out there and give effort we will be ok
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Think about how bad bauman was and then think about how many snaps we still played him. Now he’s gone and what was behind him will get those snaps, thats not something to brush over

Also alot of people, draft analysis highlighted Indiana’s tight end. But people think TEs are just WRs, indiana run game was their offense and their tight end was a huge part of it. Way better blocker than lofton ever showed
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And that’s my point. Bauman wasn’t good at anything so at the least I think they will be better in the passing game. And we don’t need lofton to become an elite blocker just be solid. Viti played fb and was o-line coach at army. So he is experienced as a player and coach in blocking and he should help in that regard
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Our TE room is currently Lofton, players who couldn’t beat out Alex Bauman last year, a converted DE, and true freshman.

Add in the ridiculously little level of experience with only 1 player who has ever played snaps at TE before and I think it’s fair to be worried about the position.

Maybe the coaching will improve or maybe TE doesnt matter but hard to be confident in the state of that room right now.
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God what I’d do for even a 12th year McCormick
 
E1k said:
252cane said:
And that’s my point. Bauman wasn’t good at anything so at the least I think they will be better in the passing game. And we don’t need lofton to become an elite blocker just be solid. Viti played fb and was o-line coach at army. So he is experienced as a player and coach in blocking and he should help in that regard
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We will be better in the pass game because of our wrs and qb upgrades not because of the te. But a bad te can tip off tendencies and hurt the run game. Hopefully lofton raises his level and the young guys step up
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I said the TE will be better in the passing game game than last year not that the pass game will be better because of them
 
252cane said:
I said the TE will be better in the passing game game than last year not that the pass game will be better because of them
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My bad but still, our TEs value to the pass game is only high when they’re valuable in the run game

Meaning it’s a bonus to our pass game, we don’t really feature them because the offense is built around the slot and other the wrs, but without it our run game can take a hit because that inline blocking is very important. Without it tendencies get tipped and you could be at a disadvantage game planning wise
 
E1k said:
252cane said:
I said the TE will be better in the passing game game than last year not that the pass game will be better because of them
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My bad but still, our TEs value to the pass game is only high when they’re valuable in the run game

Meaning it’s a bonus to our pass game, we don’t really feature them because the offense is built around the slot and other the wrs, but without it our run game can take a hit because that inline blocking is very important. Without it tendencies get tipped and you could be at a disadvantage game planning wise
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The inline blocking wasn’t great last year and in the playoffs they had success running the ball. My whole point is I don’t see the blocking from that position being worse than last year
 
252cane said:
The inline blocking wasn’t great last year and in the playoffs they had success running the ball. My whole point is I don’t see the blocking from that position being worse than last year
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Did you see lofton inline blocking the earlier in the year? It was worse lol. But we did some things later in the year to work around it, i expect more of that. Lofton will probably be used as a fb more so than inline blocker
 
DWade3 said:
**** I really wanted Wright. I know we will be fine but our TE room is suspect at best unless one of the freshman (or maybe both) is ready. I know we have heard good things about the freshman but TE is a hard position to contribute immediately.

Wonder how much of the buzz about Mueller and Briggs is because they have earned it or that there is nobody else at the position.
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Meh. Dawson is an Air Raid guy. My guess is he’d rather have an extra WR on the field anyways. Wright has good enough hands that if he’d picked Miami he would probably be in a lot of sets and contribute, but not having a really good TE isn’t going to break the offense.
 
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