Why Did We Draft Fred Davis?

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Originally Posted by 30gut

I'm with you on that brotha, for a team that's as limited as WR as we are it makes no sense to have a starting caliber TE and only have targeted him 13 times that Sellers, Torrain and Keiland Williams have more 23, 17, 15 targets respectively. There's no way way a Fred Davis should have less targets then those guys.
Fred Davis is being criminally underused by Kyle.

It's hardly fair to compare your starting FB, RB and 3rd Down backs catches to the 2nd string TE's. The 3 guys you mentioned are on the field based on down and distance, and have other specific roles, and as such are dual threats at least. For FD to get on the field the play needs to be drawn up specifically to utilize a 2 TE set.

Further, FD was targeted twice on two point conversions and missed both, and I still remember a long pass play that he was targeted, don't remember the game, just that it was a sure TD if he catches it.

Could we be using him more, maybe, but I don't see that as the main reason our offense seems stagnant. Right now, I think we can be thankful to have at least one position where our depth is our strength. If he plays more fine, but at least if Cooley goes down, we know we aren't restricted when the backup goes in.

Don't take this to mean FD should never get targets, just that when he does get them he has to make the play. If he does that more targets will come.