You guys are excited about the wrong TE

[BrianS]

Pretty sure the Tremble pick, at least initially, was made to save a roster spot.  Last year we carried both Alex Armah and Chris Manhertz.  Tremble can take the place of both in this offense.

[BlitzMonster]

1 hour ago, Newbie said:

He gets cut. There aren’t many Gettleman or Hurney picks that need to be on our roster. It’s time to get rid of players that accept mediocrity. 

Thomas will get 2.2 M in the last year of his deal.  So he could be cut and the team would have no dead money. 

I think he's gone and the Panthers put that money to use somewhere else on the roster.  

[cookinbrak]

When we got Arnold, I watched an ARI game on NFL network. He isn't flashy. But on 3rd and 8, he runs out 10 yards and makes the catch. This is a good thing.

[rmoneyg35]

I thought it was funny that when Tremble was drafted they ended up spending just as much time talking about Arnold as they did Tremble. Aquib Talib was praising him which means something to me because he was a great player who could cover the best tight ends.

[KillerKat]

thing with Tremble is that not only he is a TE but also FB. He could be on the field at the same time as Arnold. Both will help this offense out. 

[davos]

On 5/7/2021 at 7:27 AM, BrianS said:

Pretty sure the Tremble pick, at least initially, was made to save a roster spot.  Last year we carried both Alex Armah and Chris Manhertz.  Tremble can take the place of both in this offense.

Agreed. That’s his floor on the team. Promising guy & Arnold wil be the TE1

[Italianpantherfan]

He’s one of my favorite off season moves he’s underrated, I thought he was great on the saints 

[Sgt Schultz]

I'm excited for anybody who can get the TE noticed on game day. 

I had hopes for Thomas, and he did nothing to justify that hope.  Count me in the group that believes that lack of presence hurt our red zone and third down conversion results.

[Black&BlueBubba]

On 5/7/2021 at 8:27 AM, BrianS said:

Pretty sure the Tremble pick, at least initially, was made to save a roster spot.  Last year we carried both Alex Armah and Chris Manhertz.  Tremble can take the place of both in this offense.

Exactly.  Don’t underestimate this in a 17 game season.   Rhule already pointed out that the wanted to rotate more DL and have better depth in the secondary for a 17 game season. 

Saving a spot there plus now carrying 55 instead of 53 players might mean a couple other rookies make the team.  
 

 

[shaqattaq]

On 5/6/2021 at 9:53 PM, BigWoody said:

Love this post. I think he's going to surprise a lot people in this offense next year

Love that our staff recognized our limitations in the red zone/ 3rd downs last year and went out and grabbed a guy to fix that. He's our best FA pick up on offense.

[ForJimmy]

Arnold and Marshall will be some nice red zone options. Darnold to Arnold coming soon!!!

[shaqattaq]

On 5/7/2021 at 6:21 AM, Reebis21 said:

I still don’t get the Tremble hype. Arnold on the other hand seems like a underrated addition to this offense. Especially when u factor in opposing defenses will be focusing on all our other weapons. I could see him being a very nice contributor this year.

And we signed him for 2 years, $6M! Not too shabby.

[mc52beast]

I’m just glad the TE position can be crossed off our team weaknesses chart. Looking for much better success in the RZ this year, no excuses.