You don't want to take away his pass catching skills or opportunities. You do want him to be an effective blocker so that when you aren't running a pass play he's more than just a decoy, but someone they need to account for as a blocker. Then when you do send him out on a pass play, he's more effective because they had to account for him as a blocker, so they couldn't just try and play a physical safety on him. You want the other team to have to make a bad choice and if he's an above average blocker, there is no good choice for them.
Replies to: "If he's only a receiver, the team is easier to defend"
- Reading the tea leaves at OLine - tky21 - 9:44pm 3/28/21
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- After reading more: Baker - Carroll - Correll - Lugg - Patterson, 6th man Kristofic - tky21 - 7:44am 3/30/21
- Maybe not popular, but I think Gibbons is going to be hard to beat out if healthy. - ND_in_DRO - 11:40pm 3/30/21
- With Patterson out, I think the goal of the spring is to see if Tosh Baker is ready to play LT - ND_in_DRO - 2:31pm 3/29/21
- Not bad, no arguments from me. I would however say that if #87, can be turned into a Blocker like - Frankx - 12:47pm 3/29/21
- You know what else they do with Gronk? Split him out and let a corner try to cover him. - tky21 - 9:46pm 3/29/21
- Well yeah and #87 is athletic enough to do that to. Again though the original post was about O Line [NT]
- Frankx - 12:10pm 3/30/21
- Agreed. Original post about OLine and #87 would do both the team and himself well to become the - tky21 - 9:07pm 3/30/21
- Well yeah and #87 is athletic enough to do that to. Again though the original post was about O Line [NT]
- Frankx - 12:10pm 3/30/21
- I'm not understanding why you would want to take all the upside of receiving away and make him a - oldirish - 9:00pm 3/29/21
- Blocking AND Receiving - Turkish - 10:34am 3/30/21
- If he's only a receiver, the team is easier to defend - croaker - 9:52pm 3/29/21
- I don't think I conveyed that. Gronkowski is maybe the greatest TE in the NFL. - Frankx - 9:09pm 3/29/21
- I took "make him like 24" to mean be primarily a blocker, as that's what 24 was last year. [NT] - oldirish - 10:34pm 4/3/21
- You know what else they do with Gronk? Split him out and let a corner try to cover him. - tky21 - 9:46pm 3/29/21
- After reading more: Baker - Carroll - Correll - Lugg - Patterson, 6th man Kristofic - tky21 - 7:44am 3/30/21