Skins sign blocking TE Sean Ryan

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Bye bye, Todd Yoder. Happy trails.

Why no love for Yoder? Dude's alright.

[tdSKINS1]

Yep it's his 7th team in 7 years.

[KLHJ2]

How does this make Cooley feel now that his best friend (Yoder) most likely won't be rejoing the team?

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by SmokinSkins

Is this for training camp,

or

is the front office getting ready to trade a tight end??

just a thought

lol I doubt the signing of Sean Ryan signals the end of Cooley's time here in DC...just saying

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Let's keep in mind guys, just because we're signing folks doesn't necessarily mean they're going to make the team. I mean, guys like Hicks and Nemo should be locks but I wouldn't get worked up about every free agent signing from here until the start of the season.

good point but we've signed like what...3 guys. That means Sean Ryan represents 33% of the action this offseason so we have to get up in arms about it haha

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Why no love for Yoder? Dude's alright.

Yoder has been a fine Skin and I like him. I'm just trying to be realistic. We didn't sign Yoder, he's aging, we now have 3 TE's who are younger, etc.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Bye bye, Todd Yoder. Happy trails.

Ever stop to think that Sellers might be the odd man out in all this. I know it's a stretch but I've learned not to be surprised by anything this front office does.

In other news Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan has brought in another head coach to compete with him.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Ever stop to think that Sellers might be the odd man out in all this. I know it's a stretch but I've learned not to be surprised by anything this front office does.

In other news Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan has brought in another head coach to compete with him.

Competition brings out the best, but I heard they were looking at within the organization to compete w/him. Wouldn't have to change much, just a letter or two.

[GTripp0012]

Kansas City used him a lot in pass blocking last year, where he struggled. As a blocking TE, I think there are better options, but his frame is perfect for blocking purposes.

What I was trying to say in 11 words or less (this is quite hard for me, as one may imagine) is that he's poorly suited to be a No. 2 TE who plays a lot based on his blocking skills. In Yoder's role, he's an obvious upgrade.

Just don't ask him to do the job of the tackle, or Andre Carter is going to kill him.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yoder has been a fine Skin and I like him. I'm just trying to be realistic. We didn't sign Yoder, he's aging, we now have 3 TE's who are younger, etc.

Perhaps . . .

Yoder catches TDs. He blocks. He knows his shit. Cooley used to drop the ball all the time. He still does every once in awhile. Neither Cooley or Davis block worth a damn. I'd rather have Yoder for one more year.

[GTripp0012]

Yoder doesn't block a damn either. Not even compared to Cooley or Davis.

Red zone machine though (now I'm just quoting my own spreadsheet) who was always open more than his fair share.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

I think we should just get Big Mike Williams to lose another hundred pounds and move him to TE.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Yoder doesn't block a damn either. Not even compared to Cooley or Davis.

Red zone machine though (now I'm just quoting my own spreadsheet) who was always open more than his fair share.

No way. Davis stinks at blocking and Cooley is coming back from an injury.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I think we should just get Big Mike Williams to lose another hundred pounds and move him to TE.

That's actually not a bad idea.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

No way. Davis stinks at blocking and Cooley is coming back from an injury.

Davis has terrible blocking numbers--from both me and other sources--last year, but he's still a lot better at it that Yoder is.

Cooley is all over the place from year to year. Last year he was awful. He was awful when he came in to the league. In 2007 and 2008 he was one of the better blocking TEs in the league.