WordByrd Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I don't know why everybody is insistent that we need to address the tight end position. Rob Royal is complete garbage, and shouldn't be allowed to step foot on a football field. However, Derek Fine and Derek Schouman have been impressive when they're actually thrown to. Give the team some good plays for the tight end position, and the Derek's will be a good pair of TE's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossage Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Indeed, and that guy michael gaines is a pretty good blocker with surprising speed for a complete unknown. Maybe we could pick him up cheap. We dont use the talent we have at tight end very well. I honestly would have made peters our blocking tight end years ago. Remember when he was 50 lbs skinnier and fast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordByrd Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Indeed, and that guy michael gaines is a pretty good blocker with surprising speed for a complete unknown. Maybe we could pick him up cheap. He was already on the Bills once, wasn't he? We probably won't bring him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyBall4Buffalo Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 People have been used to crap for so long, they actually believe garbage can be good. Schouman is nothing more then an HBack and for christ sake derek fine has what 6 catches on the year? Tight end is a position that has been undervalued by the Bills for years. Look at some of the better qb's around the league. They all have quality te's. Even young qb's. Brady- had Ben Watson Pennington- Fasano Favre- Keller Peyton- Dallas Clark Roethlisberger- Heath Miller Jay Cutler- Tony Scheffler Joe Flacco- Todd Heap Romo- Witten Rivers-Gates Eli- came up with Shockey Gonzalez with the chiefs the list goes on and on. Good te's are used to varying degrees in the progress and continued development of young qb's as well as a safety net for veteran quarterbacks. The importance of a good te can't be understated. Good te's improve short yardage/redzone offense. If you have a te with exceptional quickness you can work the seems. With young qb's they become a security valve, until the qb learns to read nfl defenses, and become better aquainted with his wr's. A good te could do wonders for taking pressure off Lee Evans, as well as being a consistent option for Edwards in the future. Derek Schouman is not the answer. The problem is Bills fans wouldn't know wtf a good te looks like, cause we've never been fortunate enough to have one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 dont forget: any KC QB - Gonzalaz Bledsoe - Ben Coates Montana/Young - Brent Jones dont forget what a TE like Cooley in washington did to us last year...7/89..some reason TE's seem to have good games vs. Bills...not always but a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStranger76 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I think Fine could develope into a decent 2nd "complimentary type TE" , size to be a good blocker and decent recieving skills, but Royal and Schouman can go play in the CFL for all I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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