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There seems to be lots of optimism and talk of Escobar pulling Dallas closer to New England in terms of TE production. Well, lots of optimism from some at CZ and those who buy into the bullshit that Dallas is feeding them. The same exact bullshit that they spewed when they drafted Bennett.
I shit you not the exact same stuff.
But in the end, why didn't it work? For as dumb assed Bennett was accused of being, he knew:
But whatever do you mean, Marty? What would need to be changed? Props to theebs for this little tidbit.
[video=youtube;XqPC22gkLLU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqPC22gkLLU&feature=youtu.be[/video]
"Don't get the ball thrown at you once....and all you do is block, block, block".
In the next few days I will compare Dallas 1.5TE set to the New England 2TE set. I plan on looking at a couple of different aspects but first I will start with how often each guy is even on the field.
Here's comparison of the 3 years that New England has had Gronk/Hernandez and the 4 seasons that Dallas had Witten and Bennett.
This is percentage of snaps played by each guy. I dug up PFFs count of plays that each guy has played in. Taken from the number of snaps that they could have possibility played by being in the game. Injuries are completely taken out of the equation. Missed time does not count against the players. When they were available to play, here is how often they were on the field.
The only thing that DOES count is if a guy starts a game and doesn't finish that game. If you get hurt in the first quarter, the rest of those snaps in the game are still counted. Gronk started a couple of games and came out after minimal snaps. The last two games combined he's credited with 32 of 147 snaps. Hernandez is down for 4 snaps out of 82 snaps during week 2.
If you actually factor into those games where those guy went out early and remove their snaps from those games as well as the snaps they are docked, both guy's percentages would be higher. Gronk would be over 92% and Hernandez would be over 83%. But, it really doesn't matter either way because the difference between how New England uses TEs just based on how often their guys are on the field as a percentage of their entire team's snaps is so huge to start with.
Dallas on the other had, had Marty on the field for less than 50% of the time during his career in Dallas.
If Dallas is going to be a true 2TE set, the #2 has to be on the field well more than they ever put Marty out there. You can't say you run a 2TE offense if you really don't use it more than half the time. You certainly can't justify good picks to run it less than half the time. An OL will be out there every down.
I shit you not the exact same stuff.
But in the end, why didn't it work? For as dumb assed Bennett was accused of being, he knew:
But whatever do you mean, Marty? What would need to be changed? Props to theebs for this little tidbit.
[video=youtube;XqPC22gkLLU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqPC22gkLLU&feature=youtu.be[/video]
"Don't get the ball thrown at you once....and all you do is block, block, block".
In the next few days I will compare Dallas 1.5TE set to the New England 2TE set. I plan on looking at a couple of different aspects but first I will start with how often each guy is even on the field.
Here's comparison of the 3 years that New England has had Gronk/Hernandez and the 4 seasons that Dallas had Witten and Bennett.
This is percentage of snaps played by each guy. I dug up PFFs count of plays that each guy has played in. Taken from the number of snaps that they could have possibility played by being in the game. Injuries are completely taken out of the equation. Missed time does not count against the players. When they were available to play, here is how often they were on the field.
The only thing that DOES count is if a guy starts a game and doesn't finish that game. If you get hurt in the first quarter, the rest of those snaps in the game are still counted. Gronk started a couple of games and came out after minimal snaps. The last two games combined he's credited with 32 of 147 snaps. Hernandez is down for 4 snaps out of 82 snaps during week 2.
If you actually factor into those games where those guy went out early and remove their snaps from those games as well as the snaps they are docked, both guy's percentages would be higher. Gronk would be over 92% and Hernandez would be over 83%. But, it really doesn't matter either way because the difference between how New England uses TEs just based on how often their guys are on the field as a percentage of their entire team's snaps is so huge to start with.
Dallas on the other had, had Marty on the field for less than 50% of the time during his career in Dallas.
If Dallas is going to be a true 2TE set, the #2 has to be on the field well more than they ever put Marty out there. You can't say you run a 2TE offense if you really don't use it more than half the time. You certainly can't justify good picks to run it less than half the time. An OL will be out there every down.
