Why don't we use our tight ends?

[The Question]

I try not to watch too much football outside of the Panthers out of frustration. Frustration spanning from watching other teams with less talent than us pick people apart down the field with their tight ends. Simple routes. Simple throws. First downs. We have arguably 2 very talented tight ends in the passing game that never seemed to be utilized. Rosario is practically a Kellen Winslow clone and he sure as hell hurt us pretty bad. Why do we never use them?

[rayzor]

they have to hang back and block for the most part..at least one of them does anyway.

fox teams tend to not utilize the TEs very much. it's only been recently that we have used them at all.

[The Saltman]

lol@ jeff king still starting.

[rayzor]

lol@ jeff king still starting.

one still existing case of seniority over talent.

there is no way he should be the starter.

can't wait for fox to be gone.

[The Saltman]

your sig says it all

[Primetime 89]

lol@ jeff king still starting.

:thumbsup:

[Peppers90 NC]

idk, we have been rammed so much we only have loose ends?

[mj4life]

lol@ jeff king still starting.

yeah puzzles me as much as anything, we have two te's on team who block decent , can get open & do something with the ball but we start him

[trucpfan]

I wish we could get a real answer on this because if we are/have been working on our passing game this is the easiest way to complete passes. It's actually kind of funny we don't use them and we have been trying to improve our passing since the first preseason game.

[Darth Waya]

Because in high school, John Fox had 2 girlfriends- 1 left him for a tight end, the other for a quarterback?

Only explanation I can think of for his near pathological avoidance of the passing game.

[PantherProfessor]

idk, we have been rammed so much we only have loose ends?

:smilielol5: i was about to type the same thing, zing!

[Davidson Deac II]

Our Quarterback didn't attempt a pass to the middle of the field. Thats normally where tight ends do their pass catching. I doubt thats by design.

[MadHatter]

I try not to watch too much football outside of the Panthers out of frustration. Frustration spanning from watching other teams with less talent than us pick people apart down the field with their tight ends. Simple routes. Simple throws. First downs. We have arguably 2 very talented tight ends in the passing game that never seemed to be utilized. Rosario is practically a Kellen Winslow clone and he sure as hell hurt us pretty bad. Why do we never use them?

Because John Fox is our HC.

That is all....

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

I still am confident Barnidge and Rosario will be valuable receiving options once the kingship at HC is over with.