If he is averaging 10YPC (which he is at 10.4) that means he is averaging a first down on every reception which is what you want. Yes it is more fun to see a guy get 27 on a 3rd and 5 but consistently getting 7 is you win in the modern NFL. Having a home-run threat is important but you win by methodically moving the ball down the field and scoring not by throwing 50-50 balls 30 yards down field. That era of football is over and now those balls are merely a tool to keep defenses honest rather than the method upon which offenses latch themselves onto. Yes they are check downs but if the check down gets you a first down then it was a good play.
Meanwhile the problem with the 2-3 average TEs (though I would argue that the real average TEs are now getting more than hat) is that you only have one football so 2-3 non matchup problems are not as valuable as one good player who causes a problem for the defense.
In 11 personnel I'd agree more
But If you're running a 12 personell offense like we usually do ya better have 2 decent receiving tes or someone is gonna get the old man Witten zone blanket coverage. Lmao.
It killed some of our run game when Jarwin went down last year.
If ya don't have 2 decent tes youre gonna get forced into beating that team with those 2 tes (or weakest skilled players) based on how defenses cover you. Usually by doubling up on your best wrs and rbs
You may put up empty calorie stats like Schultz'kowski but you don't win too many games on the backs of 2 tes that can't move the ball and score against good teams. When forced too
Remember when #82 would catch like 10 passes in a game but he couldn't score but once every 18 passes (against scrub teams mainly) and we'd still lose the game by 14.
Somebody receiving the ball has to score. It makes no sense to target a weak scoring threat in the big scheme of things
Schultz doesn't catch 78 balls at 10.4 yards per catch because he's this top 10 te. Lmao.
10.4 ypc avgs also doesn't mean each went 10 yards each time for a 1st down either. Btw.
He coulda caught a 24 yard catch, a 3 yard catch, and a 4 yard catch.
He's just in a weak division and scheme that produces those Opportunities and checkdown Stats.
The Tyler Higbees and CJ Uzomas arent getting 78 catches but they are just as good as Schultz.
