We all can be wrong.
I always state my case for a player, but I don’t argue it as if I know I’m right. Nobody knows if they’re right on a prospect.
I feel like I’m right on a lot of the guys, but we don’t know until they get in the league. All I can do is follow my own logic but be open to other’s ideas and thoughts because they could be right.
It is a pet peeve of mine when people are saying a prospect will be great or will suck, because nobody knows yet. Show other’s opinions some respect.
Not talking to you, of course… just speaking in general to the forum.
As for Mayer: I do think he’d be really good in Dallas. IMO, he’d be significantly better than Shultz and would provide a great outlet for Dak. His skills are way beyond his athletic testing. It is spacing, leverage, and instincts. He just has a very nice knack for finding the soft spots in zone, and if you get the ball to him, he will catch it. To put it another way… Mayer is just a really good football player, I think. He is good at it.
I think I like Kincaid a little more downfield but Mayer is the better blocker by a longshot. You wouldn’t draft Kincaid for his blocking though. He has the best hands in the draft IMO. Better even than JSN.
Anyway, today on the NFL Network (NFL Now), Jane Slater said that McCarthy likes 12 and 13 personnel a lot more than Kellen Moore does, so she said insiders expect a good bit more TE usage this year than in seasons past (along with a lot more play-action). So, a guy like Mayer or Kincaid is very likely to have a large impact as a rookie this season, which would really help out Dak, IMO.
I don’t really see any way that having a very talented TE would not be a huge help to the QB.
JMO, of course.
My rebuttal is this. And you may have seen me say this before.
Every player in the NFL has holes in his game. From Mahomes to the last practice squad player for the Houston Texans, they all have areas where they are less effective. Coaches attempt to disguise that troubling area, scheme around it, or to coach 'em up and correct it. Mahomes has an asset of improvising. Not every QB has that level of ability. But that doesn't mean those who are not as skilled in that area cannot succeed.
I believe from the history we have seen of this team since 2016, Dak has shown he needs a beat or two more time in a clean pocket. That does not make him useless. It means you structure the team in such a way to deliver that protection. You scheme around it.
An ancillary aspect to this is receivers who can get open and separation, while making the catch or protecting the possession by playing defense and prevent a turnover. If Dak is not as pinpoint accurate as others, then you create a furtive passing target by separation which takes into account his skill level for accuracy.
So, the offensive line needs to create a pocket where Dak can thrive, and open holes for the running game to keep the pass rush off balance.
It is my contention this team needs a top flight guard for protection and the rushing game. As Steele heals, with Tyler Smith, Martin and Biadasz in place, a brutal guard can solidify this offensive line to a level which offers Dak the protection he needs.
I see O'Cyrus Torrence as that guy. I have stated it in several threads I see this guy as the type of brutally aggressive lineman in the mold of Erik Williams. He surely is not as skilled, but he is a road grader who has the ability to get his hands on people and they are neutralized.
I see the so-called warts in regard to Mayer, and I see the warts with Torrence. But I do not see anything on this team at this time which can deliver the aggressive blocking with the interior linemen on this team
at this time. Outside of Martin, I think we have two warm bodies that the team is betting on the come. Just like they are doing with Tyron, who has yet to answer the bell in every contest and be who he was.
But I do see two players in Hendershot and and Ferguson who can deliver in the passing game. They certainly impressed a great number of people here that think they can replace Schultz.
A fourth WR who can challenge the defense and force the top off same is another need. I don't see Mayer as that guy from the TE position.
I see a vacuum at guard, and at TE, two players who, as some claimed, whose progress was being blocked by Schultz, now have an opportunity to show out.
Long winded. Sorry. But Dak has ability, yet needs a little more to reach success. The team must have the right players surrounding him. If he still can't get it done at that point, then a major rebuild starts with his position as the focal point. And woe with us if that is the case, because we have to lose big to get to the position to draft to win at QB.
I don't see a TE put the team on his back and correct the problems at hand.
As a final comment, Hurts stands in a pocket as clean as I have ever seen that I can remember. Most here thought he was not greatness. I still think he isn't worth the money they just paid him. They built a line that allows him to stand, unmolested, and throw the ball.
Show me that protection for Dak and let's see what he can do.
