Well if he can't block at all he'll get Dak killed.
We aren't talking about a young Jimmy Graham here. The team wants to win. It's not like they are purposely holding him back. They are going to likely dress the other 3. Is Rico likely to even make the 46 man roster this year sans injury? Last I heard his special teams play was no better than his blocking or knowledge of the offense. If he misses one blitz pickup it could end our season. I think we all want Rico to take a step forward and make the team and hopefully even get some targets, but it is pretty telling to me that they never even took him off IR last year when it was clear we needed help in the passing game. Doing well against 2nd or 3rd stringers who don't even know your name in a preseason game is different than being where the team needs you on your one chance (maybe two?) on Sunday and making the play. I'm still staying optimistic about his chances, but he needs to improve as a Football player first.
No need to hide, I'd say there's most likely a few, I just had one Dak hater in mind.Make that 2.....j/k
OK, but in most cases even when the TE runs a route, he has to block or chop first. If Rico give free passes at the QB it will not be good.
I mostly agree with all but the last 2 sentences. They really haven't invested much in him. He was PS and IR and paid peanuts. We assume he would have made the roster last year but we really don't know for sure if the IR option was not available because they never took him off of it.
Sure, but we lost the guy that took most 1st team reps over the last number of years. We have 4 guys and the team needs to decide it's pecking order. You earn those reps, you aren't given them. There are only so many 1st team reps to go around. Those reps are very, very important now that there is almost no real football played in the offseason and the first priority is find out who indeed is your first team (and 2nd Team TE) and get them ready to play. Then we worry about the rest of the pecking order. Right now Rico needs to learn the Offense and improve his blocking. That can be done on the 3rd team just as easily. We also have a rookie that we spent a 4th on to get ready and see what he knows and he may just be our best blocker. So even if he is 3rd right now, he will play a decent amount so he needs reps too. If we cut Rico it's because we saw no future for him here. If he can help us the team will find a way to keep him.
This is exactly the way I see this as well. Rico knows the situation he found himself in last year. It was so easy for the team to keep him without exposing Dak with him on the field b/c they still didn't trust his blocking yet. Making up BS to keep him on IR in order to bring up Jarwin to take a look at him too. That obviously irked Rico and he's determined to not go back on IR.
Can't disagree.
Rico showed a lot last preseason. I agree with cornhusker, If Rico can learn his blocking assignments, be a willing blocker and stay healthy, he will play a role this season.
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