Insight to drafting Davis

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I get the feeling there is more to it then that. Echer or whatever his name was is not all that great and has been injury prone. If I'm not mistaken we keep asking Yodder to come back every year to help us out. We needed someone young and talented at this position.

I also get the sneeky feeling Coach Buges will teach him how to block just fine when he is on the line. Honestly....Buges could teach a garilla how to block. they must have taken him to compliment Cooley and cause match up problems with other teams. and of course because he was the best prospect still on the board at the time.

That's definitely key IMO. The scouting staff, FO, and coach Zorn especially saw this kid as a bigtime talent w/ huge upside for the WC offense. Whatever their concerns about Davis' ability to block in this league may have been the fact that Buges is there to coach him up meant Davis was too good an opportunity to pass on. I bet we see him make as many clutch catches, including red zone, as Thomas or Kelly will (not combined but individually). I can see us in the red zone, w/ defensive coordinators focusing on Cooley and then we see Davis free himself from the LOS and grab a 5 or 7 yard dunk. I'm pumped to see what he does w/ the ball in his hands.

[memphisskin]

Originally Posted by The Goat

That's definitely key IMO. The scouting staff, FO, and coach Zorn especially saw this kid as a bigtime talent w/ huge upside for the WC offense. Whatever their concerns about Davis' ability to block in this league may have been the fact that Buges is there to coach him up meant Davis was too good an opportunity to pass on. I bet we see him make as many clutch catches, including red zone, as Thomas or Kelly will (not combined but individually). I can see us in the red zone, w/ defensive coordinators focusing on Cooley and then we see Davis free himself from the LOS and grab a 5 or 7 yard dunk. I'm pumped to see what he does w/ the ball in his hands.

I think it was more the FO sticking to their board. He's here, and he's got talent, which will primarily be used to spell Cooley occasionally. I see Davis having a pretty respectable preseason, more because he's behind two veteran tight ends and the roster limit is 80. He's definitely got talent, I think the biggest struggle will be him dealing with the frustration that comes from being a rookie TE behind a Pro Bowler (Cooley) and an established vet (Yoder). I would love to see him with 20 catches, but more so for the numbers that projects to our main pass catchers.

I actually think the person who will benefit the most is Sellers. The FB gets a lot of checkdowns in the WCO, the 2nd TE gets blocking duty.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by memphisskin

I think it was more the FO sticking to their board. He's here, and he's got talent, which will primarily be used to spell Cooley occasionally. I see Davis having a pretty respectable preseason, more because he's behind two veteran tight ends and the roster limit is 80. He's definitely got talent, I think the biggest struggle will be him dealing with the frustration that comes from being a rookie TE behind a Pro Bowler (Cooley) and an established vet (Yoder). I would love to see him with 20 catches, but more so for the numbers that projects to our main pass catchers.

I actually think the person who will benefit the most is Sellers. The FB gets a lot of checkdowns in the WCO, the 2nd TE gets blocking duty.

Your probably correct about Seller's however if they wanted a blocking TE I think they could have picked up someone else other then a pass catching TE who is supposed to be equal to or better then Cooley at pass catching. Cooley's blocking is way better.

Honestly all that's needed is someone to chip the DE or pass rusher and then get open to catch a pass. Cooley and Davis will be a monster problem for opposing teams.