Kiwibrown Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 he moves smoothly for someone so big, if he can learn he will be awesme for Baker around the line of scrimmage like a taller Zach Ertz, you can never have enough big targets, especially for shorter QBs. He also has a great mentor in Austin Hooper. Our 3 TE set has a lot of receiving potential Noku, Hooper, Harrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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buckeyesNut0623 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 31 minutes ago, pnies20 said: I was just about to mention that Bryant was actually a very good blocker. He was recruited as an OT and moved to TE so some of the evaluations I've read had him as an very good blocker. I'll look up the link for that now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtmmike Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Kiwibrown said: he moves smoothly for someone so big, if he can learn he will be awesme for Baker around the line of scrimmage like a taller Zach Ertz, you can never have enough big targets, especially for shorter QBs. He also has a great mentor in Austin Hooper. Our 3 TE set has a lot of receiving potential Noku, Hooper, Harrison. 3 tight end set up plus are full back and watch 3and 2 become 1st and ten 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDawg Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I’m sure Bryant was a good blocker in college where he played. Until he develops his body a bit though, he is going to get tossed around in the NFL. I don’t really even think we are going to trust him to run block next to a tackle until down the road. I don’t think we will use them like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnies20 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 44 minutes ago, NateDawg said: I’m sure Bryant was a good blocker in college where he played. Until he develops his body a bit though, he is going to get tossed around in the NFL. I don’t really even think we are going to trust him to run block next to a tackle until down the road. I don’t think we will use them like that. No but chipping a DE on pass plays is something they couldn’t even figure out last year. Lets start there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooyaCS09 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 If he develops he will be a good player. That is an if. Also at this point if you have a third round grade on a player you take them. Anything day 3 of the draft should be considered depth/back up at best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronsWitness Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 hour ago, NateDawg said: I’m sure Bryant was a good blocker in college where he played. Until he develops his body a bit though, he is going to get tossed around in the NFL. I don’t really even think we are going to trust him to run block next to a tackle until down the road. I don’t think we will use them like that. Im chalking him up to a pass catching TE that you flex out. Still, having Hooper/Njoku/Bryant seems like OD of the TE group unless they just decided to not renew Njoku contract 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, BooyaCS09 said: If he develops he will be a good player. That is an if. Also at this point if you have a third round grade on a player you take them. Anything day 3 of the draft should be considered depth/back up at best. he is athletic enough and has good hands. we are used to taking guys like Nate Orchard, small, but slow, in he mid rounds. beats that by a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DaWg_LB. Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) On 4/25/2020 at 6:10 PM, buckeyesNut0623 said: I was just about to mention that Bryant was actually a very good blocker. He was recruited as an OT and moved to TE so some of the evaluations I've read had him as an very good blocker. I'll look up the link for that now Beat me to posting this a couple of day's ago. Functional strength is a good thing, but when it comes to blocking Technique is almost as important. Greg Robinson was one of the most functionally strong guy's in the NFL, his technique is some of the worst in the NFL. When you compare Joe Thomas and Trent Williams, Trent is the much more physically gifted Athlete, but Joe Thomas is one of the top 3 technically sound lineman I ever saw play in the NFL (Bruce Mathews and Randal McDaniel, the NFL's last 280lb Olineamn). And I think that our new TE has the want to, and a GOOD base in technique, having played OT up until college. Edited April 27, 2020 by DaWg_LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, DaWg_LB. said: Beat me to posting this a couple of day's ago. Functional strength is a good thing, but when it comes to blocking Technique is almost as important. Greg Robinson was one of the most functionally strong guy's in the NFL, his technique is some of the worst in the NFL. When you compare Joe Thomas and Trent Williams, Trent is the much more physically gifted Athlete, but Joe Thomas is one of the top 3 technically sound lineman I ever saw play in the NFL (Bruce Mathews and Randal McDaniel, the NFL's last 280lb Olineamn). Technique and effort account for a lot of you have the requisite physical ability. I still think he’s a year or two away from being capable of being a “good” blocker, but he can be effective. Luckily he’s another player who’s being drafted into a situation where they’re likely to have the time they need to make the necessary improvements before being thrown into the fire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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