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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 839109" data-attributes="member: 12283">The tight end position on this team really frustrates me. Petals wants to be able to run and pass effectively out of the same personnel group. His whole offense is predicated on attacking a defense in different ways but out of alignments that make everything appear the same. But the Packers have two tight ends that they figure to keep who are not dual threats. Graham (we think) is a passing game weapon, but he's a major liability in the running game. Lewis (we think) is still a good blocker, but he isn't scaring anyone in the passing game. So neither fit the approach of the offense. They each either tip the offenses hand before the play OR render the play ineffective by their crappy execution. And because they're both so limited, and the young guys are ostensibly not ready yet, we may be forced into keeping a fourth tight end. So you end up losing a roster spot somewhere else and you still don't have a guy that really fits the offense.My biggest criticism of Gutekunst to this point in his tenure is the Graham debacle. It was a bad idea to sign him and a worse idea to keep him. I would seriously consider giving Tonyan real snaps early in the season and seeing what he does with them. He would seem to be the only dark horse hope of coming up with a tight end that actually fits the offense this season.</blockquote>

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