What happened to Anthony Fasano?

[superpunk]

How does Ryan Hannam's injury have anything do with not using the Two Tight End offense as our base offense?

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Depth issues.

 

[DCBoysfan]

Parcells passed up on alot of good players in the draft that we could have used just to draft Fasanno, because Parcells, as he puts it, "likes to collect TEs". Parcells did this to run his 2-TE offense which only proved was sorely missing a FB.

[Personally, I see the 2-TE offense as a gimmick offense, kind of like the 3-4 is a gimmick defense - but that's for another thread]

And on top of that, it seemed Fassano DISAPPEARED down the stretch, the 2-TE offense was hobbled, and still there was no FB in sight. Did Fassano even play against Seattle? What happened. Is this another classic case of Parcells having PARANOID "trust" issues with young players?

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Another sad part to Fassano is that Dallas had a chance at McNeil the tackle from Auburn that the Chargers picked, who had an all-rookie year.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Fasano became a backup for the majority of plays because the offense switched back to a traditional base offense (or at least an offense that featured more receviers).

There are a couple of reasons that one could speculate that switch was made. One certainly is that injury and lack of talent cause us to be short on depth at the TE position. Running a 2-TE offense isn't very smart if you only have 2 TEs.

Another possible reason is that Hoyte was a better blocker than Fasano and that Crayton was a better receiver. That may change as time goes on, however.

It's a stretch, but you could also make the argument that the 2-TE offense was going to be designed around protecting Bledsoe and it disappeared around the time that Romo took the stage.

On another note, the idea that 3-4 is a gimmick defense is kinda silly, don't you think? Four of the past five Super Bowl champions have ran the defense, and there's a pretty darn good chance this year's Super Bowl winner will be a 3-4 team. It has been around as a base defense for nearly three decades. There are entire trees of coaching lineages that run specifically the 3-4.

Like I said, silly.

Good post all the way around.

 

[burmafrd]

for the TWO MILLIONTH time there was no way BP and JJ were going to risk a pick on a Tackle with pre existing injury problems after the mess with Rogers. WE were NEVER going to pick McNeill no matter what.

 

[AmishCowboy]

McNeill played well this year, no doubt, but he still has the narrow Spinal Column which could end his career at any time.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Another sad part to Fassano is that Dallas had a chance at McNeil the tackle from Auburn that the Chargers picked, who had an all-rookie year.

Those dang Chargers, they ended up with Merriman and McNeil when we passed on those guys for Ware and Fassano, respectively. That's Parcells for you; he'll still draft you good players, but in the process of finding them, he'll pass up on better players to get them. Don't even get me started on when Parcells WHIFFED on Steven Jackson for Julius Jones and a pick (which got us Spears, a player we drafted for pass-rush but can't provide any). :bang2:

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[cnhnyy]

for the TWO MILLIONTH time there was no way BP and JJ were going to risk a pick on a Tackle with pre existing injury problems after the mess with Rogers. WE were NEVER going to pick McNeill no matter what.

Rogers would have been a reach at second round even without the injury. On the other hand, McNeil would be a top -10 pick without the injury.

If you can get your hand on a possible top-10 pick in the second round due to injury concern, you have to pull the trigger, especially he is playing the position you wants.

I mean, Flo Adams dropped to second round as well and we snagged him and he was the best second round pick in last ten years.

It is alway a risk/benefit thing. You could take a top-10 player with injury concern in the second round (Adams, Mcneil) or you could take a player with less talent (Burnett, Fasno, Goodrich, Q Carter, A Johnson, Rogers). Look at how many 2nd round busts we had in last five years??? Both are gambles and I would rather gamble on the player with much better talent.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

What happened to Fasano? He's not very good.

He's Anthony Becht, circa 2006.

 

[superpunk]

What happened to Fasano? He's not very good.

He's Anthony Becht, circa 2006.

Jumping off on him already?

For shame, Clab.....

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Jumping off on him already?

For shame, Clab.....

Like most, I didn't like the pick and didn't understand it at first. Then when I heard about the base two-TE set, I came around to the idea. But I just don't think Fasano is athletic enough to create any kind of mismatch problems for linebackers or safeties. I like the very athletic TEs like the Pats have, but IMO Fasano is just another slow plodder who will never do much damage. Probably his best use will be insurance in case Witten gets hurt, but I don't think that's a very productive use of a second round pick.

JMO, of course.

 

[Concord]

Parcells passed up on alot of good players in the draft that we could have used just to draft Fasanno, because Parcells, as he puts it, "likes to collect TEs". Parcells did this to run his 2-TE offense which only proved was sorely missing a FB.

This is the kind of think that I hate about Parcells. He's a rockhead.

Pass up many quality players when we already have a Pro Bowl TE and could have got any number of TE's that could have done what Fasano did...so he can collect TE's. Brilliant.

 

[AbeBeta]

This is the kind of think that I hate about Parcells. He's a rockhead.

Pass up many quality players when we already have a Pro Bowl TE and could have got any number of TE's that could have done what Fasano did...so he can collect TE's. Brilliant.

Dude. He isn't collecting them for fun. It was clear that we needed TEs to run the offense as it was designed. But to run a 2 TE offense you need about 4 TEs -- had Hannam and Pierce not gone down we would have seen far more Fasano

 

[Concord]

Dude. He isn't collecting them for fun. It was clear that we needed TEs to run the offense as it was designed. But to run a 2 TE offense you need about 4 TEs -- had Hannam and Pierce not gone down we would have seen far more Fasano

Dude he could have brought in any TE...I'm not saying he didn't need a TE...Just not one in the 2nd round...and got the same kind of production as Fasano.

Passing over better players just to get a TE is Stupid.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Dude he could have brought in any TE...I'm not saying he didn't need a TE...Just not one in the 2nd round...and got the same kind of production as Fasano.

Passing over better players just to get a TE is Stupid.

EXACTLY....Fasano will never be an elite TE....so did you have to use a 2nd round pick on a guy that will just "do a little bit of everything"?

 

[AbeBeta]

Passing over better players just to get a TE is Stupid.

How about passing over a player with an physical condition that might lead to a premature end to his career over a healthy one?

Do you feel better thinking about it that way?

I'm not saying I liked the pick but I don't see it as a stupid one.

 

[Concord]

How about passing over a player with an physical condition that might lead to a premature end to his career over a healthy one?

Do you feel better thinking about it that way?

I'm not saying I liked the pick but I don't see it as a stupid one.

Picking a TE that basically does nothing but Block in the 2nd round when there where other better players available and we had so many other positions that we could have picked for is stupid to me.

 

[zrinkill]

Those dang Chargers, they ended up with Merriman and McNeil when we passed on those guys for Ware and Fassano, respectively.

Thank god we passed on Merriman ....... no more junkies

 

[AbeBeta]

Picking a TE that basically does nothing but Block in the 2nd round when there where other better players available and we had so many other positions that we could have picked for is stupid to me.

Actually -- Fasano's pass catching procduction is pretty close to that of the 3 TEs ahead of him -- so as far as rookie TEs go - his productivity as a receiver is on target.

 

[zrinkill]

EXACTLY....Fasano will never be an elite TE....

??????

How do you know that?

 

[AbeBeta]

EXACTLY....Fasano will never be an elite TE

Are 2nd round picks supposed to be? Hell, most first round TEs don't project as elite TEs.