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Morning y'all.
I was driving to work today and on the Sirius Opening Drive, Former Bill Ross Tucker spent a good 2-3 minutes talking about how the Giants, Raiders and Bills needed a TE. I know we as fans have mentioned that a ton, but to hear it from Ross got me to thinking - how much has Chan actually used a TE in his offense outside of Buffalo?
The first example I thought of was the Chiefs and T-Gonz's monster year. That turns out to be the outlier as you'll see below:
Team Year Player Catches/Yards/TDS
Denver 89 - Kay 21/197/0
Mobley 17/200/0
Denver 90 - Kay 29/282/0
Mobley 8/41/0
Sharpe* 7/99/1
Pittsburgh 96** - Bruener 12/141/0
Hayes 2/14/0
Pittsburgh 97** - Bruener 18/117/6
Dallas 98*** - LaFleur 20/176/2
Dallas 99*** - LaFleur 35/322/7
Miami 00 - Goodwin 6/36/1
Miami 01 - Goodwin 4/27/0
Weaver 18/215/2
Chiefs 08**** - Gonzales 96/1058/10
Cottam 7/63/0
*Bear in mind that in 90, Shannon was being used as an H-Back/WR/TE type and wasn't really integrated in the offense.
**Slash was a favorite toy of Chan's in these years in Pittsburgh, but note how the TE in the second year had a 6 more catches, but yielded 6 TDs.
***In Dallas Chan used Deion as a receiver and kick returner, but LaFleur's catches much like in Pitt jumped up in year 2, as did his TD total
****In his only major outburst of TE prodcution, he had a HOF TE and a great WR in Bowe, who snagged 86/1022/7. They were responsible for at least 80 percent of the receptions on the team that year.
So, based on what he's done and the numbers behind it, Chan can use a TE. He chooses not to, and as a result I'm intrigued as to which TE this year will have that year 2 jump he has had in the past.
Thoughts?
I was driving to work today and on the Sirius Opening Drive, Former Bill Ross Tucker spent a good 2-3 minutes talking about how the Giants, Raiders and Bills needed a TE. I know we as fans have mentioned that a ton, but to hear it from Ross got me to thinking - how much has Chan actually used a TE in his offense outside of Buffalo?
The first example I thought of was the Chiefs and T-Gonz's monster year. That turns out to be the outlier as you'll see below:
Team Year Player Catches/Yards/TDS
Denver 89 - Kay 21/197/0
Mobley 17/200/0
Denver 90 - Kay 29/282/0
Mobley 8/41/0
Sharpe* 7/99/1
Pittsburgh 96** - Bruener 12/141/0
Hayes 2/14/0
Pittsburgh 97** - Bruener 18/117/6
Dallas 98*** - LaFleur 20/176/2
Dallas 99*** - LaFleur 35/322/7
Miami 00 - Goodwin 6/36/1
Miami 01 - Goodwin 4/27/0
Weaver 18/215/2
Chiefs 08**** - Gonzales 96/1058/10
Cottam 7/63/0
*Bear in mind that in 90, Shannon was being used as an H-Back/WR/TE type and wasn't really integrated in the offense.
**Slash was a favorite toy of Chan's in these years in Pittsburgh, but note how the TE in the second year had a 6 more catches, but yielded 6 TDs.
***In Dallas Chan used Deion as a receiver and kick returner, but LaFleur's catches much like in Pitt jumped up in year 2, as did his TD total
****In his only major outburst of TE prodcution, he had a HOF TE and a great WR in Bowe, who snagged 86/1022/7. They were responsible for at least 80 percent of the receptions on the team that year.
So, based on what he's done and the numbers behind it, Chan can use a TE. He chooses not to, and as a result I'm intrigued as to which TE this year will have that year 2 jump he has had in the past.
Thoughts?
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