2014 TE/Gronk Watch
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A fantastic article about Gronkowski's father if you have some time to spare:
http://www.esquire.com/features/gronkowski-family-athletes-0614
http://www.esquire.com/features/gronkowski-family-athletes-0614
Last time I gave a girl a set of my underwear I got slapped with a restraining order.
It's good to be the Gronk.
It's good to be the Gronk.
In his own genial, oblivious way, I dunno it I've ever seen a guy give as few fucks as Gronk. I wonder if he's even tangentially aware of the furor his silly pictures have created. The boxers are one thing, but 'touch my junk and post a pic online'? Zero fucks, Coach Bill, zero fucks. I'd love to see more celebrities extend both middle fingers to the social media proprietary police.
It had better be a high pick, because Tim Wright can't catch a cold. He's basically Brandon LaFell Redux.
Here you go, Cellar: http://espn.go.com/blog/tampa-bay-buccaneers/post/_/id/5661/lovie-smith-tim-wright-is-struggling
That's from Aug. 17, 2014
That's from Aug. 17, 2014
So we're going to evaluate his pass catching skill based on a quote about struggles in Practice instead of actual past performance?JohnnyTheBone said:
To quote the great philosopher Iverson "practice? We're talking about practice?"
I'm evaluating his pass-catching skills on the most recent data available. That Wright was in danger of being cut doesn't speak much for his current value.
( . ) ( . ) and (_!_) said:Its going to be awesome in here when the Pats cut him net week.
They easily could. He had a good rookie year but he was undrafted a year ago and he obviously wasn't getting it done in Tampa this year. I don't have high hopes at all.
True, but this is also receiving passes from a QB who used to be a gym teacher and only put up big numbers throwing to two of the best go and get it receivers in the game...Shelterdog said:
Quoting Corsi from another thread:JohnnyTheBone said:
And remember the general suckitude from the TB QBs:Corsi said:
- Mike Glennon: -6.3 overall (-6.1 pass)
- Josh McCow: 0.0 (0.1)
- Mike Kafka: 2.7 (2.7)
How many young receivers have been able to pick up the Pats system and contribute in their first year? How many receivers have coming into the program ten days before the season and contributed? Its not exactly the easiest offense to get in sync with quickly, especially if they want to run more no huddle this year.
Im expecting this to be a quasi redshirt year if Wright makes the team and Im definitely not expecting him to take many of Gronk's snaps early if he's not ready to go. I expect Hooman gets the vast majority of run at TE if Gronk cant answer the bell early in the season. Hopefully Wright can be a solid role player and maybe have a bigger role in '15 or (optimistically) down the stretch this year.
Im expecting this to be a quasi redshirt year if Wright makes the team and Im definitely not expecting him to take many of Gronk's snaps early if he's not ready to go. I expect Hooman gets the vast majority of run at TE if Gronk cant answer the bell early in the season. Hopefully Wright can be a solid role player and maybe have a bigger role in '15 or (optimistically) down the stretch this year.
Per Bucs MMQB preview: http://mmqb.si.com/2014/07/30/nfl-tampa-bay-buccaneers-2014-team-preview/
courtesy of a mention by Bedard's piece on the trade as posted elsewhere: http://mmqb.si.com/2014/08/26/logan-mankins-tim-wright-trade/
Papelbon's Poutine said:
Here's the definitive article on that: http://grantland.com/features/how-terminology-erhardt-perkins-system-helped-maintain-dominance-tom-brady-patriots/
In the system, it looks like every role is as complicated as any other as TE could line up in any other slots depending on the call.
Real nice video.
And he has the Revis Seal of Approval (practiced against him all year):
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots
And he has the Revis Seal of Approval (practiced against him all year):
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots
Tim Wright was successful under OC Mike Sullivan who ran an Erhardt-Perkins based system. Sullivan was the Giants WR coach before joining the Bucs. That should speed up his learning curve.
Oh. Weird.
I thought you were going to cite my post that you completely ganked it from a few hours ago.
I thought you were going to cite my post that you completely ganked it from a few hours ago.
Kenny F said:
By the way, bonus points for using the Sullivan wikipedia bio I used in my post as your source of information.
Unreal.
Unreal.