Bostick forgotten man at tight end

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

10 years ago

"Physically he's done some really good things," Fontenot said. "It's hard to argue what you see on tape. The other part of that — it's hard to assess from an outside perspective what's going on with the mental part of the game. You'll know when I think he's ready to be contributing at a more substantial level."

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It's an oddity.

In an interview Wednesday, Bostick offered little insight. He said he's asked Fontenot what he needs to work on, and Fontenot said Bostick is well aware of why he's not playing.

Maybe they're holding him back as a secret weapon.

"The benefit we have now is we don't have to throw Brandon in," Fontenot said. "We have two guys that are doing what we want the way we want it. Not perfectly, mind you, but they're making steps toward getting there, (so) that we don't have to allow mistakes in order to get the learning curve steepened."

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

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sschind
Senior Member

10 years ago

I honestly don't think the Packers put as much stock in the TE as a primary pass catching weapon as everyone would like to think. If they did they could probably make any one of their TE's on the roster into a top 10 TE. I think that's why they didn't seem all hell bent to replace Finley with another guy of his ilk. Even with Finley it seemed like he was as much of a decoy of sorts as a weapon. A freakishly athletic player that other teams had to plan for or he could beat the crap out of you. Maybe decoy isn't the right word exactly but a guy who's reputation was as beneficial as his production even if his production may not have always warranted it. He was great to have when we had him but he was a luxury. If we happen across someone like him again great but we are not going to go out of our way to seek him out.

Because of this I feel more than comfortable with our TEs at the moment. They are certainly no Graham or Gronk or even a Gates or a Gonzo but we are not asking them to be. Although if there are any TEs in next year's draft who's last name starts with a G I might take an extra look at them.

beast
Select Member

10 years ago

Maybe they're holding him back as a secret weapon.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

I doubt it... why wouldn't they use their best player to make sure they make the playoffs... heck they almost lost last week and could of used a secret weapon (and sorta did) in last few plays.

Originally Posted by: sschind

I disagree... I think if the Packers had a better threat at TE they'd use them more in the passing game. For talented TEs like Finley, teams often had to find help for a LB to cover them... it wasn't as much a decoy as how teams normally try to stop talented TEs from being the X factor as they can be a huge match-up problem. Stop the match-up problem first...

Maybe they weren't hell bent on replacing Finley with another guy of his ilk... because 1) They expected Finley back which is why they heck his locker around a lot longer than they kept Pickett or Jolly locker around... and 2) Because there wasn't another guy of his ilk available... at least not on the FA market and not that reached the Packers 2nd round pick. 3) Hoping Bostick and Quarless would step up and fill some of the void.

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

10 years ago

Maybe they weren't hell bent on replacing Finley with another guy of his ilk... because 1) They expected Finley back which is why they heck his locker around a lot longer than they kept Pickett or Jolly locker around... and 2) Because there wasn't another guy of his ilk available... at least not on the FA market and not that reached the Packers 2nd round pick. 3) Hoping Bostick and Quarless would step up and fill some of the void.

Originally Posted by: beast

Iirc, it seemed in the draft like 2-3 of the last highly touted TEs went right ahead of where we picked.

But I'm not worried about Rodgers. People are panning him, but he's down WAY more than Finley ever did as a rookie. Same with Davante Adams. These dudes have an accelerated learning pace, because they're smart "Packer People" hard working type dudes. And I'm sure they'll both do well as rookies. But they're really gonna break out next year.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

Rockmolder
Honored Member

10 years ago

Originally Posted by: beast

To add to that, when they did have Finley healthy and ready to go, they build half the offense around Rodgers-to-Finley.

It ended up with Rodgers trying to force too much to him and eventually Finley getting hurt, but it was pretty clear that they did try to get that Gronkowski, Graham, Gates thing going.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

10 years ago

Rodgers says Bostick has the most talent among the TE's, but as we witnessed yesterday, he has stone hands.

beast
Select Member

10 years ago

Well if we're moving WR Dorsey around to new positions (on one play they lined him up as a RB in the Panthers game)... can we maybe try him at TE? I don't know if he can inline block but I've seen him put a couple of nasty, powerful, down the field blocks on people that you wouldn't normally expect from a WR.

No he's not that tall (6'1") but according to NFL Draft Scout, Dorsey is slightly taller than Delanie Walker and Niles Paul (both of whom are top 5 in receiving yardage of TEs this year as of right now (before the Texans/Steelers game is over) and they all ran about the same 40 yard time (though the others were at a higher weight).

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