Just how successful are the Panther TEs?

[Shocker]

They all suck

[heel31ok]

12 minutes ago, Shocker said:

They all suck

Lol...except for tremble and thomas

[Davidson Deac II]

6 hours ago, MHS831 said:

I randomly selected a TE from the starting NFL TE list, and the TE with the #13 receiving grade was chosen (the 11th ranked TE overall in this PFF analysis)--Evan Engram of Jacksonville.  https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-2022-tight-end-rankings

To make this fair, I compared his numbers to not only Ian Thomas, but threw in Tommy Tremble, Stephen Sullivan, and even Giovanni Ricci, a TE/FB special teamer.

Cumulatively, the TE position for the 2022 Carolina Panthers

• Ian Thomas (21 receptions, 197 yards, 0 TDs)
• Tommy Tremble (19 receptions, 174 yards, 3 TDs)
• Stephen Sullivan (2 receptions, 46 yards, 0 TDs)
• Giovanni Ricci (8 receptions, 100 yards, 0 TDs)

All Panther TEs: 50 Receptions (2.94 per game), 517 yards (30.4 per game) and 3 TDs (basically, an extra point per game)

Evan Engram:     86 receptions (5.56 per game), 914 yards (53.76 per game) and 6 TDs (over 2 points per game)

Engram nearly doubled the production of the entire Panther TE roster.  And now you know!

I am not sure if the comparison is really valid.  We threw the ball less than 90 percent of the NFL teams.  And we ran a lot, so blocking was at a premium.  So it stands to reason that our tight ends are going to be fairly low in receptions.  

[PantherPhann89]

5 hours ago, heel31ok said:

Its kinda the way we dont use them.No continuity or rhythm.

I think they got a bad rap and are better than what some are saying.They certainly aren't trash.

 

Oh that, my Panther Friend, we agree...

[Icege]

If anything, it shows how abysmal of a play-caller Ben McAdoo is.

The team goes run heavy with 2 TEs in to block and yet they never get them involved outside of the random drive where for whatever reason the ball gets forced to Ian Thomas a couple of times for a quick three and out -_-

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

someone make an Ian Thomas 2-yard TE screen highlight

[heel31ok]

2 hours ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

someone make an Ian Thomas 2-yard TE screen highlight

McAdoo already did.

[MHS831]

5 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I am not sure if the comparison is really valid.  We threw the ball less than 90 percent of the NFL teams.  And we ran a lot, so blocking was at a premium.  So it stands to reason that our tight ends are going to be fairly low in receptions.  

But if we had good TEs, would we have thrown it more? 

[Cdparr7]

6 hours ago, heel31ok said:

Lol...except for tremble and thomas

They are included.

[heel31ok]

11 minutes ago, Cdparr7 said:

They are included.

 

They are good

[heel31ok]

12 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

But if we had good TEs, would we have thrown it more? 

We have good TEs.

[Cdparr7]

1 minute ago, heel31ok said:

 

They are good

We are talking about Ian Thomas and Tommy Temble right? I didn’t get mixed up in thread replies? 

[Davidson Deac II]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

But if we had good TEs, would we have thrown it more? 

If we had good quarterbacks, would we have thrown it more? 

I am not saying we are set at TE, but I find it difficult to judge based on the past 2-3 years.  

[Jackie Lee]

Hear me out. AR in the 1st and Darnell in the 2nd..That's a lot for other teams to deal with. If they aren't ready to throw or catch you can just hammer the other defense to death in the run game