I am not saying Witten can not be productive, but a lot of his success comes from the very good wr passing game and the running game. He is no longer a focal point, like he used to be. So, his role has become easier.
I think he should be on the field during 2 te sets, and thrown to, but if their is one te on the field, I would like to see Jarwin. I want to see TE screens, passes down the seam, and the things witten cant do.
The TE position is no longer a must for the passing game, so why not use a younger TE who can give you more of the explosive plays.
There are only so many balls to go around. If your Offense is run centric and you rely on your WRs in the Redzone, then the production of the TE is secondary. Even Ertz, what's the best TD season he's ever had? It's 8 and he's done it twice (2018/17) but look at his production in his previous 4 seasons. 13 TDs in the 4 previous seasons. That's 3.25 TDs a year and look at this season. 7 games in, or almost half way through the regular season, and he only has 1 TD. There is a balance to everything and While I understand that we all would like to have the most production at every given position, there is always that balance. The question to me is, would you trade the production of a Cooper or a Zeke for more production out of the TE position? Some of this is also about the QB, of course. Who does the QB like to throw to, who does he trust? That's who he's going to go to most in scoring situation, most of the time.
The tight end position is not an everydown position. Especially on passing plays.
Witten is the better blocker and short yardage receiver
Jarwin is a better deep threat on 3rd and 10+ yard receiver.
But Tavon Austin and Tony Pollard are better skilled players who can make big plays against top defenses and defenders so you run more dual slot wrs and dual rb formations and scale back on the everydown te passing formations and limit how involved these tes are on 3rd down and in the playoffs.
These tes get shut down against good teams so its not a question of using either of them its a question of using NEITHER OF THEM AT TIMES AND USING ZERO OF THESE SCRUB TES.
YOURE NOT GONNA ENTER A QUARTER HORSE IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY? WHY WOULD YOU USE A SHORT BALLER CHECKDOWN TE ON 3RD AND 15 OR IN THE 2 MINUTE OFFENSE. BLOCKING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A TOP WR. LOL. GRONK IS RUNNING DOWN THE FIELD DRAWING DOUBLE AND TRIPLE COVERAGE FROM TOP DEFENDERS AND OUR TES ARE JUST DRAWING BLANKETED COVERAGE AND CONTAINMENT AND YALL ACTING AS IF THEY ARENT RUNNING ROUTES ON 3RD DOWN BUT THEY ARE. THEY JUST DONT CONVERT AGAINST GOOD TEAMS. And cant score against good teams at all.
Were not trying to target our wide receivers in the red zone we just dont have a te on the field who can go up and catch a ball in the air. Quit acting as if #82 has the skillsets of ertz or Gronk or kittle who can score on top defenders and defenses and have deep ball and red zone skills.
Yall are making up excuses why the tes arent required to score but should play every passing Snap. That defies Winning Logic. Yall need to get a job as the coach for the Dallas Cowboys . Lets load up the passing formations with non scorers when its every receivers main job is to score. Blocking is secondary to scoring. Yards and receptions are secondary to scoring.Tes are supposed to be gronks and hernandez w 15 tds per year. Not wittens and Escobars w 5 tds against scrubs and excuses.
