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Ian Thomas

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 Ian had to fill in for Greg a couple times before, and he did great with what he had to work with. I’m confident he can grow into that TE1 role, he’s gonna be a great pass catching TE.I don't know if Brady not using TEs in college will transfer to the NFL, but it seems like 1 or 2 good pass catching TEs would be a good safety blanket for Teddy if throwing deep isnt his strong suit. Probably better than just throwing at CMC slightly beyond the LOS for a lesser gain . Brady's offensive scheme doesn't use extra blockers to help the O-Line, so the fact that Ian Thomas isn't spectacular as a blockin. I think Ian Thomas will get the job done as the 5th or 6th option in the pass game (after DJ, Robby, Curtis, CMC, maybe another WR)

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1 hour ago, Mister said:

 Ian had to fill in for Greg a couple times before, and he did great with what he had to work with. I’m confident he can grow into that TE1 role, he’s gonna be a great pass catching TE.I don't know if Brady not using TEs in college will transfer to the NFL, but it seems like 1 or 2 good pass catching TEs would be a good safety blanket for Teddy if throwing deep isnt his strong suit. Probably better than just throwing at CMC slightly beyond the LOS for a lesser gain . Brady's offensive scheme doesn't use extra blockers to help the O-Line, so the fact that Ian Thomas isn't spectacular as a blockin. I think Ian Thomas will get the job done as the 5th or 6th option in the pass game (after DJ, Robby, Curtis, CMC, maybe another WR)

how many ridiculous threads are you going to start?

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I haven't seen anything yet to show Thomas as a N F L caliber starting Tight End .

He is one of many players on the roster that needs to show a big improvement , for us to be competitive .

 

 

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1 hour ago, DCR said:

I haven't seen anything yet to show Thomas as a N F L caliber starting Tight End .

He is one of many players on the roster that needs to show a big improvement , for us to be competitive .

 

 

This 100%. I like Ian, I hope he can make it big. But honestly, he's been in Olsen's shadow for a long time and we've only got glimpses of what he can do. I want to be optimistic, but reality says he hasn't proven himself at all yet as a TE1. I hope he does, though, I hope he does.

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1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

This 100%. I like Ian, I hope he can make it big. But honestly, he's been in Olsen's shadow for a long time and we've only got glimpses of what he can do. I want to be optimistic, but reality says he hasn't proven himself at all yet as a TE1. I hope he does, though, I hope he does.

Hasn't proven or hasn't been given a chance? We will soon find out

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11 hours ago, bababoey said:

Moss had 47 catches of 570 yards last year at LSU.  Brady uses TE.  Stop making threads when you don't know what you are talking about.

LSU threw for over 6000 yards. Moss’ season was a product of having 3 stellar WRs and a stellar RB and just being wide open and he still accounted for less than 10% of the passing yards. Based on Bridgewater and the NFL not being a pinball game, Thomas’ ceiling is probably 400 or so yards. Also, don’t expect red zone scores. Moss had 4 of the 61 passing TDs and 3 of the 4 came in the CFP games. 50% of his TDs and almost 20% of his yards came in one game against Oklahoma.

The OP is an eternal optimist but Moss’ stats are way below what Olsen has done while healthy and in an offense that passed way less than LSU did. It’s not much of a stretch to say that Brady uses TEs a lot less than what we are used to pre-Brady. I’d say we’ll probably end up around 20th in TE yards and that’s with a passing game people think will be chucking it way more than with Cam (averaged about 3500 yards per year).

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3 hours ago, DCR said:

I haven't seen anything yet to show Thomas as a N F L caliber starting Tight End .

He is one of many players on the roster that needs to show a big improvement , for us to be competitive .

 

 

He has 9 starts with 469 yds and 3 tds.  We know he didnt get any play time unless Olsen was out. Over a full season that would be 834 yds and 6 TDs.  That would put him #6 in the league last year in yards and tied for 4th in TDs.  Im not saying he would definately get those numbers, but I think its enough to say that when given a chance he proved he can be a starting TE in the NFL.

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7 minutes ago, stbugs said:

LSU threw for over 6000 yards. Moss’ season was a product of having 3 stellar WRs and a stellar RB and just being wide open and he still accounted for less than 10% of the passing yards. Based on Bridgewater and the NFL not being a pinball game, Thomas’ ceiling is probably 400 or so yards. Also, don’t expect red zone scores. Moss had 4 of the 61 passing TDs and 3 of the 4 came in the CFP games. 50% of his TDs and almost 20% of his yards came in one game against Oklahoma.

The OP is an eternal optimist but Moss’ stats are way below what Olsen has done while healthy and in an offense that passed way less than LSU did. It’s not much of a stretch to say that Brady uses TEs a lot less than what we are used to pre-Brady. I’d say we’ll probably end up around 20th in TE yards and that’s with a passing game people think will be chucking it way more than with Cam (averaged about 3500 yards per year).

Agreed. Ian could benefit in this offense but we shouldn't expect Ben Coates (Who he kind of reminds me of if he hits his ceiling).    

I can see Ian with 450-600 yards but I think it's clear there's a decent step for him to take into a big time TE role.  DeValve brings us a good cushion if Ian has hiccups.  It's a prove it year for him so it could be pretty cool if he excels.  

This comes back to just being downright excited about Joe Brady.  It's pretty wild we have a change at nearly every top spot on the roster and staff and the OC is so young and promising, he's bringing the most hype. 

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