Johnny Hammersticks

Interesting observations. Must have been a bad day for autographs. The past two TC visits, I have purchased the TC program for my son to get autographs. Last year, he only got one from Tyrod. This year, he got like 9 or 10. Just put his program/sharpie through the fence along the bleachers, and the players just kept coming. Bummer you had a bad experience.

Excellent point.

What? I’m not trying to spin or twist anything. Quote all my posts in this thread. I merely have offered my opinion that O’Leary is safe to make the 53. You have differing opinions. The only fact here is that neither you or I know exactly what the coaches are thinking.

“I think O’Leary is safe...” is quite different than saying he is “a lock” to make the 53. Not even close to the same thing.

Quote my “lock statement.” It doesn’t exist. O’Leary is the 2nd TE. There has been lots of shuffling of the 2nd/3rd team players. What are you talking about?

You’re assuming that he is losing reps to those guys because of his performance. I don’t know that to be true necessarily. Frequently, in the preseason, coaches will give extra reps to “fringe” players to see what they have. Not asserting that this is the case with O’Leary, but it is a possibility.

It’s the preseason, man. If you use the same logic looking at the RB position, both Ivory and Murphy has “outplayed” McCoy in training camp.

Actually, his production as the #2 TE on one of the worst passing offenses in the NFL was not exactly terrible last season.

How many catches/TD’s did Thomas/Croom/Lee have last season?

The fact that he has contributed in regular season games I think may give him the edge. Who knows though...

Your feelings are hurt. I’m sorry. Notice how I continue to post about the thread topic, and you continue to nip at my ankles? Yeah...

Also a fair point. I guess the question is...does Thomas’ value as a pass catcher outweigh his inadequacies as a blocker? Further, does O’Leary/Croom offer a better combination of blocking/pass catching? I guess that’s for the coaching staff to figure out.

Sensitive weakling? Keep the name calling going. Makes you appear to be so tough. I’m trying to, but you won’t leave me alone ? Go away, please.

One good chip block on a DE who wasn’t even looking at him? Okay, that was nifty. I’ll give you that. His overall body of work as a blocker is not great. Has always been his weakness. Line Thomas up one-on-one against a big blitzing OLB and we’ll see how he fares.

Good comeback. If you keep snipping at me like a chihuahua, Yolo just might beat you to those tweets! Keep your game strong, little fella!

Shouldn’t you be following Twitter more closely so you can copy/paste other people’s ideas and “breaking news” on TSW so you can feel important? Everyone around here really values your service.

You’re not really worth my time, so I’ll take the high road and leave it at this. You’re nothing special either. Your opinion means just about as much as mine. Get over yourself.

Okay, so let me do what I want to do and you go back to what you do so well....cut and paste crap all day long. I stated my opinion, and you disagreed. Fair enough. Move on.

You know just about as much as I do, dude. So like myself, you have no idea why the other guys are getting reps over Nick. Stop pretending like you are in the coaches’ room.

Fair point, however, I do think his odds of making the 53 are pretty good. Considering the other guys competing. I would suspect that Croom is his biggest competition at this point?

Welp, since you want to piss in my fruit loops, I will contend that neither are the other three. Logan Thomas can’t block to save his life. I haven’t see Lee so much of anything, really, save for his catch (which was remarkable) in the Carolina game. Croom has flashed as a pass catcher, but I’m not so sure about his ability as a blocker either. Nick is a proven commodity who is improving. He made good strides in the blocking game down the stretch last year. I think he makes the final 53.

I wouldn’t read too, too much into O’Leary with the 3rd stringers. They may just be trying to give more reps to Thomas, Lee, and Croom to see what shakes out. I think O’Leary is safe as our #2 TE.

I don’t believe Beane/McD will succumb to “fan pressure” in any way. Allen will play if he shows he is the best QB and gives us the best chance to win. After today’s practice, I believe that Allen will at least be given a chance to demonstrate that he deserves to be the starter. For me, I really need to see what he does with a better o-line out there. His protection was not good last Thursday.

? Still something possibly in the works, or whatever he was thinking just didn’t pan out?

Yeah, no.