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Re: Gronk!
Third TE, third WR worth fielding, RB who can move the pile, someone to push Mankins to earn his $8M in crunch time... We wasted some roster spots this season when we really didn't have the margin to. Ground or gutted it out with effort and coaching in the regular season. Bit us in the ass down the stretch in the post season. Same thing has happened over the last couple of seasons. Sometimes it's sentimentality driven, other times it's speculative value driven. We held a spot for Fred Taylor forever to no avail, although had he been healthy that was a player we needed. Too many red shirt rookies and sentimental favorites on the offensive roster this season. A healthy Gronk covered for some of that. A hobbled Gronk couldn't.
Not having a third TE, in hindsight seems to be a mistake. Another case for improving depth at the skill positions.
Third TE, third WR worth fielding, RB who can move the pile, someone to push Mankins to earn his $8M in crunch time... We wasted some roster spots this season when we really didn't have the margin to. Ground or gutted it out with effort and coaching in the regular season. Bit us in the ass down the stretch in the post season. Same thing has happened over the last couple of seasons. Sometimes it's sentimentality driven, other times it's speculative value driven. We held a spot for Fred Taylor forever to no avail, although had he been healthy that was a player we needed. Too many red shirt rookies and sentimental favorites on the offensive roster this season. A healthy Gronk covered for some of that. A hobbled Gronk couldn't.