Visions of Finley's perfectly-executed chip block where he flat out leveled a guy(it was someone pretty good too) last year pop up whenever i think of Finley blocking tho!

"earthquake" wrote:

Unless both TEs can run block, the two TE set does nothing except potentially put a weaker receiver in the lineup. With the depth we have at WR, would you want to have Nelson on the bench with Lee in as the second TE? If we can't sell the run with two TEs, then it isn't worth a darn thing imho.

"Tezzy" wrote:

The way I was approaching this was that if a defense sees a typical 2 TE formation they would usually be thinking "run", while J. Finley being a part of the 2 TE formation would probably make them honor the pass more so than cheating up against the run. I also see this as helping Grant by putting more blocking talent on the field. Not taking anything away from our WR blocking (who I think are pretty good), but as mentioned above most of their blocks are going to be against lightweight DB's. Granted this is probably overly simplistic to people who actually know football, but a boy can dream, can't he?

"olds70supreme" wrote:

Something I'd like to see more of from either film last year or once the season starts this year is how well our TEs can come out of a 3 point stance on pass plays, and how quickly they can shed/avoid contact to get into the quick routes. We know Finley can lineup in the slot or outside standing up and be a huge receiving threat. For the TE to really make the defense question, they have to be able to come out of a 3 point stance most downs right off the tackle's hip and get into routes quickly, or be an effective blocker. If Finley can get a little more blocking attitude in him like a Jason Witten, then I think he is an unbelievable weapon in forcing the opposition to play a lot of base defense.

"Tezzy" wrote: