TE's being useless was a major factor for poor offense too

[olyfan63]

Our TEs had two huge drops vs. the Rams. One for Hollister, one by Dissly, IIRC, and both likely first downs. Uncharacteristic.

Catch those two, and then one more, and it's an OK-serviceable game by our TEs. Russell had a number of 3rd down conversions to TEs during the season, and yes, to Greg Olsen when healthy.

New OC coming, and decent talent in our TE room. I will be cautiously optimistic.

 

[Tinamedina]

We had Colby parkinson who is 6 ft 7 and 25 pounds! How do you NOT use him? Use Dissly for blocking and Colby parkinson for receiving.

 

[Maelstrom787]

We had Colby parkinson who is 6 ft 7 and 25 pounds! How do you NOT use him? Use Dissly for blocking and Colby parkinson for receiving.

Tall automatically equals good

 

[Tinamedina]

We had Colby parkinson who is 6 ft 7 and 25 pounds! How do you NOT use him? Use Dissly for blocking and Colby parkinson for receiving.

Tall automatically equals good

In Colbys case yes, someone that yall is a threat anywhere on the field. Ain't a single soul gonna be able to guard a 6 ft 7 250 pound TE. Pete Carroll should know this already. Not to mention he can be used for blocking.

 

[Maelstrom787]

We had Colby parkinson who is 6 ft 7 and 25 pounds! How do you NOT use him? Use Dissly for blocking and Colby parkinson for receiving.

Tall automatically equals good

In Colbys case yes, someone that yall is a threat anywhere on the field. Ain't a single soul gonna be able to guard a 6 ft 7 250 pound TE. Pete Carroll should know this already. Not to mention he can be used for blocking.

Ah, yes, that is why height is the primary attribute everyone looks for in a tight end. Tall guys can automatically be used anywhere.

Luke Willson is 6'5" 1/2. Greg Olsen is closer to 6'6". An inch to 1.5 inches does not make a gamebreaking tight end. That's not, and has never been, how it works.

A midround tight end taking over the Jacob Hollister role would be unlikely to make a massive difference, and you have no information to the contrary to lean on other than Parkinson being like an inch taller than Olsen and Willson.

 

[Tinamedina]

We had Colby parkinson who is 6 ft 7 and 25 pounds! How do you NOT use him? Use Dissly for blocking and Colby parkinson for receiving.

Tall automatically equals good

In Colbys case yes, someone that yall is a threat anywhere on the field. Ain't a single soul gonna be able to guard a 6 ft 7 250 pound TE. Pete Carroll should know this already. Not to mention he can be used for blocking.

Ah, yes, that is why height is the primary attribute everyone looks for in a tight end. Tall guys can automatically be used anywhere.

Luke Willson is 6'5" 1/2. Greg Olsen is closer to 6'6". An inch to 1.5 inches does not make a gamebreaking tight end. That's not, and has never been, how it works.

A midround tight end taking over the Jacob Hollister role would be unlikely to make a massive difference, and you have no information to the contrary to lean on other than Parkinson being like an inch taller than Olsen and Willson.

Luke wilson has not been used by pete carroll, thats petes fault.

greg olsen is 36 and always injured, and pete carroll thought that was worth 7 million dollars.

meanwhile he has a healthy, young receiving TE who is 6 ft 7 and 250 pounds just sitting on the sideline.

btw, colby parkinson was the answer to russell wilson throwing the ball over the middle. and let Hollister go deep.

we CAN play both, that is an option.


but hey, #peteball am i right?

 

[Maelstrom787]

Tall automatically equals good

In Colbys case yes, someone that yall is a threat anywhere on the field. Ain't a single soul gonna be able to guard a 6 ft 7 250 pound TE. Pete Carroll should know this already. Not to mention he can be used for blocking.

Ah, yes, that is why height is the primary attribute everyone looks for in a tight end. Tall guys can automatically be used anywhere.

Luke Willson is 6'5" 1/2. Greg Olsen is closer to 6'6". An inch to 1.5 inches does not make a gamebreaking tight end. That's not, and has never been, how it works.

A midround tight end taking over the Jacob Hollister role would be unlikely to make a massive difference, and you have no information to the contrary to lean on other than Parkinson being like an inch taller than Olsen and Willson.

Luke wilson has not been used by pete carroll, thats petes fault.

greg olsen is 36 and always injured, and pete carroll thought that was worth 7 million dollars.

meanwhile he has a healthy, young receiving TE who is 6 ft 7 and 250 pounds just sitting on the sideline.

btw, colby parkinson was the answer to russell wilson throwing the ball over the middle. and let Hollister go deep.

we CAN play both, that is an option.


but hey, #peteball am i right?

That's not what Peteball means. You keep hashtagging the term, but that's not what it means. At all.

Peteball refers to a style of play predicated on attempting to win the time of possession battle via the rushing game, including a tendency to start slow. It can also be used to describe the Air Coryell style passing attack that its generally paired with.

Colby Parkinson is not the answer to Russ throwing over the middle. Russ already has open options that he generally looks off. This is shown over and over and over on the all-22.

 

[Tinamedina]

In Colbys case yes, someone that yall is a threat anywhere on the field. Ain't a single soul gonna be able to guard a 6 ft 7 250 pound TE. Pete Carroll should know this already. Not to mention he can be used for blocking.

Ah, yes, that is why height is the primary attribute everyone looks for in a tight end. Tall guys can automatically be used anywhere.

Luke Willson is 6'5" 1/2. Greg Olsen is closer to 6'6". An inch to 1.5 inches does not make a gamebreaking tight end. That's not, and has never been, how it works.

A midround tight end taking over the Jacob Hollister role would be unlikely to make a massive difference, and you have no information to the contrary to lean on other than Parkinson being like an inch taller than Olsen and Willson.

Luke wilson has not been used by pete carroll, thats petes fault.

greg olsen is 36 and always injured, and pete carroll thought that was worth 7 million dollars.

meanwhile he has a healthy, young receiving TE who is 6 ft 7 and 250 pounds just sitting on the sideline.

btw, colby parkinson was the answer to russell wilson throwing the ball over the middle. and let Hollister go deep.

we CAN play both, that is an option.


but hey, #peteball am i right?

That's not what Peteball means. You keep hashtagging the term, but that's not what it means. At all.

Peteball refers to a style of play predicated on attempting to win the time of possession battle via the rushing game, including a tendency to start slow. It can also be used to describe the Air Coryell style passing attack that its generally paired with.

Colby Parkinson is not the answer to Russ throwing over the middle. Russ already has open options that he generally looks off. This is shown over and over and over on the all-22.

which doesnt work at all, which is why they get knocked out in the first round. only reason they win regular season games is cause of russell wilson lol.

 

[hawkfan68]

We had Colby parkinson who is 6 ft 7 and 25 pounds! How do you NOT use him? Use Dissly for blocking and Colby parkinson for receiving.

6'7 and 25 pds....dang! No wonder he didn't get playing time. I thought I was thin but wow!

 

[Polk738]

I do feel like the TEs were seriously underutilized this season both in the run AND pass-lets hope the new OC can be more dynamic with them-especially if their going to hold 5 of them on the active roster.

 

[Chawker]

I believe it all comes down to formations ! Mix things up a little, run a I formation on first downs and run a play action pass 1 out of 8 times, just enough too keep them on their heels.

Effective management of this will leave LBers sucked up to the line of scrimmage and our TE running freely up the seem.

A two back sets will give russ a extra pass blocker and still giving him a out let receiver.

 

[hawk45]

TEs are great weapons over the middle. Russ ignored the TEs there this year.

Watch film of 2 TEs running 7 yard hitches and Russ just electing not to throw it.

Graham was great the final year here but we skewed the offense like crazy before that to get him the ball and it caused issues.

I actually think the mid level TEs that the defenses don’t bracket are a good fit for Russ, if he’d use them.

He has enough weapons in the passing game. We can’t sink a ton of money at the TE position to go with paying Lockett and eventually DK. The “just one more high end player” approach to roster building can’t work.

Take that money and spend it on OL starters or depth if we’re looking for something that will help us game in and game out. Or on DL for that matter. Anywhere but TE

 

[theseahawkguy]

The UW Huskies use their TE mostly Otton better than anyone else this year. The Seahawks should take a page out of their playbook and do the same. While the Huskies need to take a page out of Seahawks book and learn to throw to WRs.