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Thompkins looks GREAT. Sudfeld looks about the same as Dobson - some up, some down, a lot of good reasons to be excited but he's not quite there yet.
Incidentally, people need to stop comparing Sudfeld to Rob Gronkowski. He's in the Antonio Gates mold - tall, lanky, athletic, primarily a receiver. If you use 3 WRs, he's not the TE you want on the field, he's not a good enough blocker for that (compare to Rob Gronkowski, who is possibly the best receiving TE in the league and also an elite blocking TE, and that flexibility makes him an ideal choice as the only TE on the field). You want Sudfeld out there in a 2 TE set, instead; he's a better blocker than most WRs but he's still primarily a receiver.
Boyce needs time to develop. If I had to project their offensive personnel, I'd want:
WR
1. Thompkins
2. Amendola
3. Dobson
4. Edelman
5. Boyce
TE
1. Gronkowski
2a. Ballard
2b. Sudfeld
2c. Hoomanawanui
3. Fells
(To explain: Hoomanawanui gives you positional flexibility as a fullback; Ballard is your best pure blocker except maybe Gronk and is essentially another OT when you put him on the line; Sudfeld is your best pure receiving TE right now except Gronk... I think Fells is a better overall player than Hoomanawanui but I don't know when he sees the field barring injury whereas Hoomanawanui sees the field reasonably often as a fullback)
RB
1. Ridley
2. Vereen
3. Blount
4. Bolden
I excluded pure special teams players (Leon Washington, Matthew Slater).
I like what I saw from the WR. KT looks like are pos WR. He seemed to be open on every catch, which means he is getting separation. Dobson was wide open over the middle and had Mallet hit him , he would have been off to the races. It was better than I expected. Can't wait for Friday. This week's practice vs TB should be a little tougher. TB has better CB and S, so this could be a big week for these young kids.