These ranking are getting harder and harder, things are now
turning into how teams use the players within their system. For example, the
Packers use a tight end more than any other team in the division; I would hope
so since they have five on their roster.
The Bears very seldom use a tight end, in their offense; they are more often
use as an extra blocker than anything else.
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| Can Scheffler and Pettigrew take advantage of the middle of the field |
1.)
Detroit Lions-
This was not an easy decision for me to rank them as number one, but
what put them over the top is the fact that they have two guys that can demand
teams cover them. Those two being Tony Scheffler and Brandon Pettigrew. Both guys take space up in the middle of the
field. Teams must respect both of them
this provides Calvin Johnson more little freedom to move around on the
outside. The Lions other tight end on the
other hand is really no threat at all, at 6-6 275 Will Heller is a glorified
tackle.
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| Can the Packers find another receiving option besides Finley |
2.)
Green Bay Packers- When looking at their roster
it kind of mind boggling as to why they would have kept five tight ends. Even harder to believe, when looking at the
fact that they are all within three inches of each other and within nine
pounds. On paper they look like they
would be very identical players, but this is really not the case. Jermicheal
Finley, who is the best receiving tight end on the roster. Finley makes plays all over the middle of the
field, he is the only real threat at the position as a receiver. The next two are Tom Crabtree and Andrew
Quarless both of whom are more of the traditional tight end. They are both solid blockers. The last two
are both rookies in D.J. Williams and Ryan Taylor, not sure what roles these
two will play this season. I don’t see
them getting much time, unless someone get hurts.
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| Shiancoe needs to step up to help out in the passing game? |
3.)
Minnesota Vikings- The Vikings has a very good
tight end in Visanthe Shiancoe. He is a
much better receiver than a blocker.
Luckily for Shiancoe, Jimmy Kleinsasser is a much better blocker then
receiver. These two really balance each
other out, each is strong where the other is weak. The Vikings also drafted Kyle Rudolph and
Allen Reisner in April. Rudolph should
be a very good tight end in a few years, not sure how he will play this year
coming off of his hamstring detachment last year. Nonetheless, he is a very good receiver, but
needs to work on his blocking. Reisner
is much like Kleinsasser he excels in blocking, but lacks some receiver
skills. Although, Reisner is a better
receiver then Kleinsasser. It looks
like the Vikings might be looking to move on from Shiancoe and Kleinsasser,
they already drafted two guys that will most likely replace them. This year look for Shiancoe and Rudolph to
pick up the slack from the receiving corp.
4.)
Chicago Bears-
They are here by default because they only have one guy, Kellen Davis,
that is really going to be a consistent threat
However, their offense doesn’t really involve the tight end all that
much. That is the reason they were able
to part with Greg Olsen in the offseason, the basically gave him away. Davis is
very unproven, coming into this year, he caught a total of ten balls, but he
did have two very good tight ends in front of him. Davis has a lot of upsides as a receiver and
a blocker. He is a big target at 6-7,
267 lbs. He might turn out be the best
overall tight end in the division, but we haven’t seen enough of him yet to
make that claim. Matt Spaeth is the number two guy and he really only has one
job, block. He will leak out and catch
some passes but it will be very little.
The last guy on the depth chart is Kyle Adams who is going to fill the
H-back/FB/TE role for the Bears. He is
going to do a little bit of everything.
This brings offense to a close. I plan on doing defense ranks also, but have
yet to decide exactly how I will do them.
Since every team plays a different system it hard to claim who has
better corners or safeties, because they are all asked to do different things
with in the system. For example, the
Packers use Charles Woodson in many different roles. Woodson has played corner, safety, nickel
back, and linebacker all in one game. So
trying to compare his stats to Charles Tillman of the Bears is hard because
Tillman plays corner and that is it.
I would like to thank those of you who have
taken the time to read any of these.
Also, I would encourage you to comment on them. I like to hear what people have to say, even
if you don’t agree with what I have to say.
It gives me something else to look for when watching games other then
the game itself.
Finally, after reading I am sure one can
tell that I am a Bears fan, that why there section tends to be longer because I
know much more about them then I do any other team since I follow them more
closely. However, I am also a fan of the
game, so I can respect people’s opinion, as long as it can be backed up. It bothers me when people form opinions based
off of what other people say, but don’t know facts or can’t back it up with
anything. I know everyone does it, I do
it too, but I also try to bring something to help my case. I don’t just hear something once and run with
it, I don’t think that it is always a good idea. So please, if you can give me some feedback.
Thanks,
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