February 25, 2019 05:35AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 13,941
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Now the Rams may stumble into one of the top 3 TEs at #31 in the Draft, let's say Hockenson, and really like him enough to see him as the best value and take him. That's one thing. And IF they do, then ok, I could see putting out feelers for a day 3 pick for Higbee. But if that doesn't happen and they take, say, a 5th round TE like the kid from Boston College, I'd absolutely keep Higbee with an eye on the rookie coming in as TE3 and growing into their TE2 in 2020.
But it's also hardly like those two are useless. After not being targeted at all in week one at Oakland the two of them combined for 57 catches on 84 targets. That's 5.6 targets/game the final 15 games. And they caught 8 of 14 passes for 105 yards in the two NFC playoff games. Not eye-popping numbers by any means and they didn't produce in the Super Bowl but that's not nothing either. And if the Rams have the best WR trio in the league- and I think they do- then the fact that they were used less before Kupp went down sort of makes sense, doesn't it?
Now whether it's with Everett and Higbee or Everett and 1st round pick TBD, maybe part of the evolution of this offense IS using the TEs more. Everett went from 16 to 33 catches and 50% to 67% catch rate this year. He improved a good amount. Both he and especially Higbee are good blockers. That counts for something too.
The Rams could upgrade at TE. I agree. Higbee really is a #2 TE. But again it's not like those guys are useless or liabilities. Keeping the OL dominant is a much bigger priority in my opinion. If they upgrade at TE but the OL falls off they are in a
far worse situation than if they address the OL but stand pat at TE.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/2019 05:39AM by LMU93.
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