Positive & Negative stuff heading towards 2025 Training Camp

[jarntt]

Jake is clearly the starter, but Spann-Ford was getting a lot of run with the 1's because he will play a lot on obvious run downs, but their hope is, if he can get more comfortable catching the ball, teams wont be able to just stack a run look against us.

When we went to 7-7 yesterday, Jake was back with the 1's and had a great day. Schotty knows Ferguson is a leader who wont get bent if they give someone else some work early on

Best blocking TE on the team by a mile which is why he won the job last year and no way he doesn't keep it again this year unless a better blocker emerges IMO. Doesn't matter who gets the first snap as it's so driven by the play calling at a position like TE. I suspect the first play of the game will more often than not have two TEs for us on the field. Ferguson is our best receiving TE by a lot and will be out there in those situations. I hope we will be ahead (or at least not blown out) in more games this year, we will run the ball more with Schotty and thus all of the TEs will play a little more and that includes Luepke who played some FB/HB/TE, last year assuming he makes the squad.

Last year Ferguson played about 64% of the snaps in the games he played in and the other 3 (including Luepke) played between 26% and 35%. Assuming those four make the squad (who knows what will happen) I wouldn't be surprised to see Ferguson and Luepke stay about the same as last season and Spann-Ford and Schoonmaker both play more snaps than they did last year. In addition to being an OL coach, OC is also a former TE coach so I'm sure he sees the value there.

 

[PDay8810]

opportunity and competition

we'll see ...lol

 

[UK Cowboy]

Best blocking TE on the team by a mile which is why he won the job last year and no way he doesn't keep it again this year unless a better blocker emerges IMO. Doesn't matter who gets the first snap as it's so driven by the play calling at a position like TE. I suspect the first play of the game will more often than not have two TEs for us on the field. Ferguson is our best receiving TE by a lot and will be out there in those situations. I hope we will be ahead (or at least not blown out) in more games this year, we will run the ball more with Schotty and thus all of the TEs will play a little more and that includes Luepke who played some FB/HB/TE, last year assuming he makes the squad.

Last year Ferguson played about 64% of the snaps in the games he played in and the other 3 (including Luepke) played between 26% and 35%. Assuming those four make the squad (who knows what will happen) I wouldn't be surprised to see Ferguson and Luepke stay about the same as last season and Spann-Ford and Schoonmaker both play more snaps than they did last year. In addition to being an OL coach, OC is also a former TE coach so I'm sure he sees the value there.

Yeah, the kid is 270, he will be a factor in thr run game. This is a big year for Jake, to get paid here or somewhere else

 

[jarntt]

Yeah, the kid is 270, he will be a factor in thr run game. This is a big year for Jake, to get paid here or somewhere else

With those two outside WRs we have, I suspect we see some of those seam routes we used to run that McCarthy didn't seem to know were legal

 

[UK Cowboy]

With those two outside WRs we have, I suspect we see some of those seam routes we used to run that McCarthy didn't seem to know were legal

Personally, I think if Lamb and Pickens are out there, Ferguson should feast, and I think, Turpin could have a MAJOR impact....if they will utilize him. I remember Turpin actually being thrown a slant for once and then taking it to the house....then we didn't see that route from him for a month. Head scratcher

 

[PDay8810]

more good news before camp starts.
Jay Toia
7th round Fat Boy is said to be looking the part.

AND

Yesterday Dallas brought in two additional Fat Boys along with a few others for a work outs, so I heard yesterday.

Competition can be a very good thing for a Pro sports team.