Richard Rodgers: You Make The Call!

[Bretsky]

I am pretty sure we had some more posters calling it a reach than the 2 who have weighed in so far.

Many called it a reach; at least I'm sticking to my guns on my vote )))

[Pugger]

http://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/index.ssf/2014/07/colt_lyerla_contending_for_gre.html

[Zool]

I'll answer this poll in 3 years.

[gbgary]

i don't read everything but what i have read is all positive. think he's a keeper.

[pbmax]

I'll answer this poll in 3 years.

Sometimes I think the internet isn't for you Zool.

[Guiness]

The TE grouping is shaping up to be a pretty interesting bunch, a lot of players there that could all make the team. I really have no idea who it's going to be.

Quarless and Taylor are the vets and should be safe.
Bostick is going into his second season, and played well enough last year. Stoneburner was on the PS, got called up late in the year.

Add Rodgers, Lyerla and Perillo to that mix - can't see Rodgers, who was a draft pick, getting cut, and he seems to be playing well. Lyerla is supposed to be a 1st round talent if he can keep his nose clean (he has, biggest thing we've heard is a burger joint sighting!) and there's been a lot of good press about Perillo!

Really don't know what's going to happen here when the cuts start.

[texaspackerbacker]

And on top of that, most of what we've heard about in camp is the wideouts and now increased passing to the backs.

I wonder where there could be roster trimming to allow keeping more TEs - 5 or even 6. Getting by with two QBs? a risk. Using Linsley as a long snapper to save a spot? hardly even talked about. It seems like we are talent-heavy at least in terms of quantity across the board on defense. Maybe only 8 O Linemen instead of 9, but that's barely a start.

[hoosier]

The TE grouping is shaping up to be a pretty interesting bunch, a lot of players there that could all make the team. I really have no idea who it's going to be.

Quarless and Taylor are the vets and should be safe.
Bostick is going into his second season, and played well enough last year. Stoneburner was on the PS, got called up late in the year.

Add Rodgers, Lyerla and Perillo to that mix - can't see Rodgers, who was a draft pick, getting cut, and he seems to be playing well. Lyerla is supposed to be a 1st round talent if he can keep his nose clean (he has, biggest thing we've heard is a burger joint sighting!) and there's been a lot of good press about Perillo!

Really don't know what's going to happen here when the cuts start.

It is sounding more and more like they will keep 7 TEs this year.

If that doesn't pan out, my prediction is that the other Rodgers will win the starting position outright in TC. They will keep Bostick, Quarless and Taylor. Lyerla and/or Perillo to the PC. While I haven't seen him play, I have this intuition that there is something off in Lyerla's game. Maybe it is just that he hasn't played in forever and is rusty, but the initial reports of Perillo outshining him by a mile were not encouraging. And in a Ron Wolf special, Stoneburner gets traded to Oakland for past considerations.

[texaspackerbacker]

It is sounding more and more like they will keep 7 TEs this year.

If that doesn't pan out, my prediction is that the other Rodgers will win the starting position outright in TC. They will keep Bostick, Quarless and Taylor. Lyerla and/or Perillo to the PC. While I haven't seen him play, I have this intuition that there is something off in Lyerla's game. Maybe it is just that he hasn't played in forever and is rusty, but the initial reports of Perillo outshining him by a mile were not encouraging. And in a Ron Wolf special, Stoneburner gets traded to Oakland for past considerations.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not. As I often ask my wife when she comes up with a crazy idea, what is the rest of your plan to make that happen?

[smuggler]

You can safely assume it's sarcasm based on the fact he suggested we may keep seven TE this year, three more than we typically do.

[Fritz]

It is sounding more and more like they will keep 7 TEs this year.

If that doesn't pan out, my prediction is that the other Rodgers will win the starting position outright in TC. They will keep Bostick, Quarless and Taylor. Lyerla and/or Perillo to the PC. While I haven't seen him play, I have this intuition that there is something off in Lyerla's game. Maybe it is just that he hasn't played in forever and is rusty, but the initial reports of Perillo outshining him by a mile were not encouraging. And in a Ron Wolf special, Stoneburner gets traded to Oakland for past considerations.

I think Bostick and Stoneburner are more vulnerable to being cut than most people think. Bostick is going into year three - now's the time, if he's ever going to show that he can stay healthy, block, and know the offense inside and out. Sinc Stoneburner is Bostick Part II, I think one of them will be cut. I also think Lyerla is not going to show enough.

[Guiness]

I think Bostick and Stoneburner are more vulnerable to being cut than most people think. Bostick is going into year three - now's the time, if he's ever going to show that he can stay healthy, block, and know the offense inside and out. Sinc Stoneburner is Bostick Part II, I think one of them will be cut. I also think Lyerla is not going to show enough.

If you assume Quarless and Taylor stay, and Rodgers gets a pass because of his draft status (reports are he's been playing well enough to not need a pass) that leaves one spot between Stoneburner, Bostick, Lyerla and Perillo. I don't think Lyerla would make it to the PS if he continues to behave himself - someone else will want to have a look at him.

So I go back to Quarless and Taylor. I don't thing either have done enough to assure themselves of a spot on the team and I see them both as being vulnerable. Quarless had an ok season last year, but his blocking is still not great. Taylor's contribution is almost entirely on STs, going into his 4th season, they might want more than that.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Quarless came back from injury, improved through last season. You can pencil him into a roster spot.

[Harlan Huckleby]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-comfortable-with-solid-crop-of-tight-ends-b99322497z1-269633481.html

Reading the Bob McGinn article about the TEs left me unthrilled.

"You can't replace Jermichael because of his talent, his size, his stature," Stoneburner said. "That was a lot of experience we don't have. As a whole, maybe we can duplicate it."

Fuck that platoon talk. If you have three guys good enough to be the starter, you probably got none. Finley was a good, not great, TE. We need somebody to be as good as Finley. Rodgers or Bostick.

[Joemailman]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...269633481.html

Reading the Bob McGinn article about the TEs left me unthrilled.

"You can't replace Jermichael because of his talent, his size, his stature," Stoneburner said. "That was a lot of experience we don't have. As a whole, maybe we can duplicate it."

Fuck that platoon talk. If you have three guys good enough to be the starter, you probably got none. Finley was a good, not great, TE. We need somebody to be as good as Finley. Rodgers or Bostick.

Pretty rare for rookie TE's to make a big impact. I think Bostick is the best bet. He should know the offense by now, and probably is the TE most similar to Finley physically. Quarless may start out as the starter because of inexperience, but may not be able to hold it.