TNET: Clemson tight end group led by

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Re: TNET: Clemson tight end group led by "pro" Jake Briningstool this spring

Mar 9, 2024, 2:35 PM

I know that has been Dabo's and Tony Es rule since Dabo became our HC. But, I'm just saying that sending an elite TE out on the field with his talent in a live game just to use him for blocking is utterly wasteful IMO!!! I mean using a 240 or 250 LB elite TE just for the purpose of blocking what could end up being against a 275 or 280LB DE or 300 or 325LB D lineman with the risk tearing a muscle or fracturing a bone injury just don't seem to be justifiable or the smartest thing to do IMHO just saying. I might tell him to get in their way or put a hand on him just to slow them down for a second, but I would make sure that he understood do not get into a blocking battle with one of those guys.

Now if it was a TE that didn't have very good pass catching hands and his most important worth was his blocking skills, I would be OK with him blocking, but heck with a TE that has elite pass catching skills that Christian Bentancur do have. If I were a coach, I would be like Oh H E L L No my man, you don't get into any kind of blocking competition with any of those guys playing up front on the D line, not today or any other day or night!!!