One of the biggest bright spots this season was the emergence of Dalton Schultz, who has proven to be a formidable TE and of starter quality. No reason to waste a top draft pick on a TE, give Schultz the offseason to improve even further and we got ourselves a reliable TE.
*And* Jarwin coming back, who McCarthy was very high on.
Yep, we shouldn't be spending on TE with so many other needs. Theoretically we could trade away TEs and bring on new ones, but the trade away are unlikely to recoup full value.
*And* the spend on Lamb should mean we just use 2 TEs less, or not at all. 3 WR should be our base. Lamb is too good to sit for Schultz.
I would have gone more 0 TE formations, with Zeke and Pollard on the field at the same time. Multi run threat offense. The lack of effective use of Pollard is one of my top disappointments for the year.
What happened to Pollard as the gimmick "web back" we always wanted? Speed and size to threaten deep, size and speed for jet sweeps to run wide. Should be a perfect complement to Zeke running inside.
I'm a little skeptical of Schultz as a great TE. Even a good one. He looks great as a 5th option, but that's a pretty easy row to hoe.
Going into the season, I expected Jarwin to have a big year because everyone *else* looked like a bigger threat, and would receive defensive attention accordingly. leaving Jarwin with very little attention. Schultz has likely gotten even *less* attention.
But however you slice it, we've gotten plenty of production out of Schultz with Dalton as Qb and the JV squad oline. The marginal utility of more TE is limited.
