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Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon
Let's look objectively at Royal and Cooley for just a moment.
Neither of them is a great blocker by any stretch of the imagination.
Both of them have good hands and will catch just about anything they can get their hands on.
Neither of them is a "deep threat" kind of TE.
Both of them have shown an understanding of red zone offense and the ability to get open in that kind of constrained field.
What the Redskins have now is two tight ends that are pretty much the same player which means that there are dimensions of the game opened up by certain kinds of tight ends that will not be available to the Redskins when either of these guys is on the field.
Maybe - MAYBE - the team would be better off with one of these two guys (whichever you prefer) and another TE that offers something else to the offense?
Just a thought.
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Cooley and Royal don't play the same position really(well, really the same role not position). Cooley was more of a backfield and slot type guy while Royal made his noise from the tradional TE spot. I think you'll see Royal play the same role next year as the pass catching TE from the line while Cooley will may end up with 50+ catches next year from all of over the place. Royal is a nice option in the redzone and should continue. It'd be nice if we could find a guy who could block and catch from the line too.