Hey folks - as a member of the DawgNation community, please remember to abide by simple rules of civil engagement with other members:
- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
Comments
You're only interested in selling the program, that is not conducive to having an honest conversation.
This is not about any other position, I've made it clear I consider our program as a great choice for every other position we recruit.
If Ford thought this season would be typical of how our TEs will be used going forward I doubt we would have been able to sign him. If he was convinced he'd be used in a manner beneficial to his future then we have an obligation beyond just how he can benefit the program. We have an obligation to give him the proper training and IF he does the work and is qualified, get him the game enough in games to both train him and showcase his ability.
The way our TEs were used this season would likely lead to none even getting drafted, that's not fair to them in my opinion.
Did you project Terry to have a choice between the NFL and staying in school prior to the season? No, no one did. It’s too early to proclaim “We don’t use the tight end” just because you don’t think they have enough targets. Let them develop
I get your point. Again, I'll agree to disagree on this point.
Nauta had far more yardage as a true freshman than he did this year.
I didn't start this thread you know, I never said the TEs wouldn't be targeted more either.
I did state my firm opinion that a TE who is interested in playing pro ball needs in an offense that gets the ball to him, which was not the case this season.
It's up to our coaches, they can include them more if they make the effort.
TEs are considered safety valves for inexperienced QBs.
The idea they are tougher to target than 5'10'' WRs seems a tad off.
I agree with wanting to involve the position more.
Let's call it a day (or 2) on this one - for everyone's sake haha.
On the other hand, it's not like much is popping in other threads this afternoon.
I'll just answer posts as they come in.
Really not that difficult when you run the ball like we do. LB's play closer to the line and it creates a natural lane to throw in.
Because Georgia is, bar none, the best place in the universe to spend your college years. Some things in life are more important than NFL contracts.
Sorry, but that is naive.
No parent or mentor should tell a young man that.
One good NFL contract would be enough to change lives, not just the player's life but his wife and children's lives for the better.
This notion of pretending football football players are somehow a breed apart bothers me. We all have the same priorities in life. Where we spend our college years is important, but not nearly as important as what comes next.
Since we can’t target the TEs more until next fall, let’s take a wait and see approach... If you said Eason would go out game one, and a freshman came in to lead us to the NC no one would’ve believed you in September.
You know we have good problems when all a few folks can do is whine about TEs not seeing enough targets. Last offseason it was offensive line, receivers, QB development, defense going from good to great, coaches taking the next step in year 2, etc. So, if we’re down to mainly TE targets then I’ll take that. I guarantee there’s a plan to get TEs more involved, and that’ll require them getting open. As I referenced above, they weren’t open. Feel free to go watch the game replays to see how “open” our TEs were. Chaney proved 2 seasons ago he’s capable of targeting them more, and that was primarily with a true freshman TE. Two years in a row of freshmen QBs doesn’t usually provide the most perfectly balanced offenses. Luckily our recruits see that, and aren’t as shortsighted as some posters on here.
I see your point.
From now on we'll just giggle about how good life is and braid each other's hair.
I understand what you are saying about tight ends but it also true of wide receivers and running backs. Every pass thrown to a tight end is a pass not thrown to a wide receiver or a running play not handed off to a running back. As good as Nauta is you are not likely to convence me that he and Woerner are better tight ends than Chubb, Michel and Swift were as running backs. There is also the thought that if you throw a pass four things can happen and only one of them is good.
Our WRs and backs are used though, that basically invalidates the comparison to my thinking.
Every other position has the opportunity to see the ball based on merit.
We run with our RBs, we pass to our WR's and slot receivers, we use every LO and DL position, all the LB and DB positions, we kick, we return.
Only TEs are under utilized as of this season.
If we ran Ga. Tech's offense we couldn't do justice to a stable of elite receivers, get it ?