upgrade from whom? himself? lmao maybe if hes gotten better but hes the same TE he was AS A ROOKIE WITH WITTEN AND A SECOND YEAR GUY WOITHOUT WITTEN AND AGIAN WITH WITTEN.. lets stop the bs he was held back from growth, if you play enough which he has , you have every changct o force your way into more play time and be trusted more..all the blame on Garett and Witten is laughable great players are great regardless of the coach or even the QB for that matter..
so yes if he has improved he will eb an upgrade from himself. Hopefully Bell and another Rook steps up and solidifies the Te position. With our 3 WRs though Balls will still be limited with or without Witten..you target your stars and right now thats Zeke, Gallup, AC and CeeDEe and Pollard is next , Jarwin will be fighting just as hard for receptions as he was any other year..
I said nothing of being held back. I did not mention Witten at all.
My comment is this. With the receivers on the field - Cooper, Gallup, and Lamb - the defense will be hard pressed to devise a scheme to cover all three adequately. Now toss in Jarwin playing inside the hash marks, or undercutting the receivers in outs while the defense tries to use a linebacker on him, and his potential stock will rise. He catches well. He has a game after the catch, also.
I am not, and have not made a comment on the rest of the TE's nor Witten or Garrett. I am merely commenting on opportunity presented with the other people on the field.
You could also say Pollard will make a leap in the passing game for the same reason. The receivers run off the defense which put these two players in mismatch opportunities.