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Originally Posted by 12thMan
When it comes to tight-ends Gibbs has always pretty much used role-players. Such as Don Warren, Clint Didier, and Doc Walker, and a few others. None of these were Pro-Bowlers, but they were undoubtedly very important to the running game as well as the pass blocking.
My point is, what a tight-end means to San Diego or KC may mean nothing to us, especially when it comes to looking at stats. Our tight-ends/H-backs have never been big in stats but big in grit and intangibles and that's one thing the media never really looks at IMO.
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I get the impression that Cooley is going to be more of a receiving TE/H-B than any of them were back in the day, especially since we lack the big target WR now (I have doubts about Dyson sticking around or staying healthy). The rest of them will be the role players, but it seems that Gibbs has discovered that they really have something special with Chris, so Joe--as usual--is adapting the offense to play to his player's strengths.