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I thought last year late in the season he earned the right to get a shot at being the starting TE. You guys think he's earned the right to split time with old man Witten?
I thought he was turning the corner late last year.I thought last year late in the season he earned the right to get a shot at being the starting TE. You guys think he's earned the right to split time with old man Witten?
I agreeI thought he was turning the corner late last year.
I think he has the right to compete to be the starter.
I thought last year late in the season he earned the right to get a shot at being the starting TE. You guys think he's earned the right to split time with old man Witten?
There is no doubt in my mind Witten starts, however I don't think he's the leader in snaps at TE for the season.I would hope so.
It would be ideal if Witten was strictly a 3rd down/Red Zone specialist at this point.
if this happens. To me this will tell me none of the other TEs progressed as well as we needed.I'd be surprised if Witten doesn't lead the team in snaps by a pretty big % unless he gets hurt. I don't think he will play 90% of the snaps like he used to or even anywhere close to the number of snaps he used to, but I can't see any of the other guys playing more snaps than him.
I'm not sure I agree because I think they will both play and the team knows they have Witten for one year or two tops and will let them learn behind him and rotate all of them. If there was no Schultz I could see Jarwin challenging Witten for snaps but because the team is going to play both of them (at least what I'm assuming) I think Witten leads in snaps. I'm making up numbers here, but maybe Witten plays 65% of the snaps and Jarwin around 50% and Schultz around 35%? So I think they will all play. If they bring in a real good purely blocking TE then I think all of their snaps fall. I also don't think we will se as any 2 and 3 TE sets. I think Moore will use the WRs and more of a spread Offense.if this happens. To me this will tell me none of the other TEs progressed as well as we needed.
my hope is Witten helps one of them (most likely would be Jarwin) to grow a bit quicker & distance himself from the pack. Hope one of the TEs distance themselves so we can have a true starter. If all goes well & witten does lead in snaps I am hoping that is just barely. Not by a big #. (basically pretty even between starter & future starter)I'm not sure I agree because I think they will both play and the team knows they have Witten for one year or two tops and will let them learn behind him and rotate all of them. If there was no Schultz I could see Jarwin challenging Witten for snaps but because the team is going to play both of them (at least what I'm assuming) I think Witten leads in snaps. I'm making up numbers here, but maybe Witten plays 65% of the snaps and Jarwin around 50% and Schultz around 35%? So I think they will all play. If they bring in a real good purely blocking TE then I think all of their snaps fall. I also don't think we will se as any 2 and 3 TE sets. I think Moore will use the WRs and more of a spread Offense.
But, if Jarwin both learns to block a little better and builds off of how well he played in the receiving game down the stretch last year, I will agree with some of the comments here and could see him getting more snaps than Witten. Ideally that happens, but I'm not sure it is going to unless Witten doesn't have much left. But, Jarwin was great down the stretch and added a new element to the Offense that we haven't seen since Witten was able to get deep on those seam routes a few years back. I'm excited to see how these guys develop and also what Witten has left after a year off.