Rams 'expect big things' from tight end Tyler HigbeeBy Alden Gonzalez
LOS ANGELES -- No offense received more yards from the tight end position last season than the one Sean McVay ran for the Washington Redskins, which prompted Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead to make the following pronouncement:
"Expect big things from Tyler."
"Tyler" is Tyler Higbee, the 6-foot-4 tight end selected in the fourth round of last year's draft. Snead made that comment at the end of a response to a question about Higbee's production from the NFL scouting combine on March 2. Seven days later, the Rams released their starting tight end, Lance Kendricks, leaving Higbee as McVay's primary target from that position.
The Rams will eventually add more depth -- probably through a draft expected to be particularly rich at tight end -- but Higbee should expect a major spike in targets next season.
"We are going to be an offense that is going to involve the tight end in a variety of different ways," said McVay, hired as the Rams' head coach after three years as the Redskins' offensive coordinator.
Higbee was only targeted 29 times and caught 11 passes as a rookie last season, but McVay liked him coming out of Western Kentucky. He considers Higbee someone with "a nice catch radius. He can stretch the seam; he's got a good feel and savvy in the pass game. How we use him will yet to be determined, but he's a guy we're looking forward to getting on the grass with."
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