billyt81

Cam Outweighs Junior by at least 40lbs and is much better than Junior vs the run. How well a guy pass rushes is irrelevant to Jimmy because if were passing, Jimmy's not blocking I promise you. Jimmy only blocks on running plays and no TE in the league could move or stop Cam Jordan on a running play. I never compared Jimmy to Ditka! I implied he should emulate his hard nosed playing style. And a WR or RB can chip or set an edge or help double team. If you asked Jimmy he'd say he can and will do more. And why are you telling me there are no 265lb tackles? My point was being tall doesn't mean you can't block like others posted. And Strief has never and will never be a TE. He checked in one play on 3rd and 1 at TE. You say like Strief did in "the past", what 3 or 4 years ago? 10 years ago Shockey was more of a receiver than a tackle. Now Hoby Brenner was basically an OT with good hands.

AliJee

You guys don't realize him just being on the field alters the D Lines approach. Terron Armstead mentioned in his interview how with Jimmy being on the field buys him extra time to defend Brees just cuz the D Linemen focus first on accounting for Graham or trying to throw him off his route. He's dangerous for a reason. The other reason he's been out of running plays the last couple of seasons were injuries, that's what made our offense predictable. We could've asked him to block with his injuries and risked losing our biggest receiving threat.. and if that did happen we'd be cursing out the coaching staff.

billyt81

I absolutely realize this. I think Jimmy is as physically gifted and dangerous weapon as Megatron. Before he got hurt I thought he was the league MVP to that point. He was unstoppable before the injury. After the injury....still best TE in the league but much less explosive. Does pointing out a guys one area he could improve mean you don't like him or realize his importance? All right I'm sorry he blocks like Willie Roaf! I give up. For the record I think his talents are best utilized as a WR. He's faster than Colston. I'd like to see tried-WRs Jimmy and Cooks, TE Watson.

AliJee

I'm all for blocking improvement on running plays if he is healthy, it would make our offense less predictable, but at the same time If he's plagued with injuries I'd rather leave him doing what he does best and least exposed.