Eagles Position Reviews: Tight Ends

the Bossman is a free agent. it’s not a given that our FO will put ink to paper with him, even tho i hope they do.

HES A FUCKIN BEAST. hes gonna like 4th round or lower. he would be one of the best 2nd te’s in the league. he is like a black version of rob gronkowski except hes black and a fuckin badass

the biggest skill position weakness on our team

Celek will never be a good blocker though

He did as well as he could under the circumstances, having to block a lot will murder the stats every one looks at. If I had known our O-line would have been so bad I wouldn’t have drafted him in fantasy. He might not be the best blocking tight end in the league, but he did alright all things considered.

Ok I take that back, if you are only looking at the stats then yes Celek had a pretty crappy year. But those of us who pay attention know exactly why. The guy had to stay home and block about 75% of the time. Which is ironic since blocking was always his biggest weakness, though I would say not any longer, he did a very good job blocking. And honestly, when you have receivers like Jackson, Maclin and Avant then throwing to the T.E isn’t always something that you need to do, unless of course we are playing our own defense in which case the TE is always the best option. That aside, the one key thing that I think Celek can provide next year, assuming they fix the O-Line is another legit threat in the red zone. As it stands right now they really only have two vertical options in the red zone. Maclin and Avant. We all know Jackson is useless unless he is in the open field so have a big body like Celek will only help the red zone offense, which isn’t bad to begin with, get that much better. I expect big things from Celek next year…if he is given the opportunity to achieve them, which he very clearly was not this year.

But as said he did have to block more this year, and there were some highlights (second Giants game, Houston game). I’m OK with him as our #1 TE.

Jeff McClane suggested in one of his articles that Celek could lose snaps to Harbor next year. I don’t see why that would happen based off of what Harbor did this year maybe they run more two tight end sets though.

As mentioned before from other posters I am not thrilled with the drops but there were a few this year (not just from him) that were big. I am okay with him being our #1TE. Clay I am not overly excited about and would really like to see Cornelius Ingram get on the field. If we do go to more two tight end sets that would give us a lot of play calling flexibility with Celek and an athletic talent like Ingram.

Celek – Way too many drops this year, but he never really was able to get into a rhythm, as he was employed in a new scheme (it’s called our o-line sucks rhinoceros pole) that called for more blocking than route-running (and he actually didn’t do a bad job). I think that with improvements to the o-line, Celek should return to form next year.

Harbor – Highlight of the season was a nice back-of-the-endzone catch against Minnesota. Other than that, pretty unspectacular but I don’t think anyone expected him to be Tony Gonzalez, especially not in his rookie year. He’s not bad as an insurance policy.

Ingram – I’m pulling for him, I really am, but history isn’t on his side, and it seems like God just doesn’t want this man to play in the NFL.

Nalbone – I know nothing about him other than what this article said, so I’ll refrain from commenting.

I see some people talking about signing Boss, but I doubt New York will let him get away, and I don’t think we need him if Celek comes back around. Bo Scaife could be sweet as a backup.

Fun fact: Gronkowski is a converted quarterback, which gives the coaches the option to try a trick play or two.

TE Wildcat!!!

The catch against Chicago when we were starting to mount a comeback, the long TD in the Giants comeback, the one that sticks out in my mind though, was that 3rd and 19 play in the Texans game where he fought for those few extra yards and wound up getting a first down, leading to the TD that sealed the game.

I think most Eagles fans appreciate Celek and understand the reasons for his statistical decline. The majority of the negativity towards him came from the national media, that only see the fantasy stats.

I have to assume that this Nalbone is related to the Trenton Times reporter of the same name, yes?