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Originally Posted by Direckshun
I think we could use another athletic TE like Funchess.
The Chiefs are already showing themselves very adept in their multiple TE formations.
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I think that's out of necessity and the fact that we literally have almost all the necessary tools to pull it off in the process. Harris is nothing but a blocking right now, despite his athleticism. He's got stone hands, doesn't know the plays, and is probably too stupid for this system, and therefore will be gone soon, hopefully. As for using another athletic TE, maybe in the super late rounds sure, and the reasoning for that is because we "should" be losing both Fasano and Harris this year, and we could use a solid "all around" guy with a little speed who can block well on the move and have a "body enough" to catch balls on short downs using his body.
Right now, though, Kelce is a god send and we will be putting his work forward from here on out. Those 3 TE sets that we've seen, putting two blockers out on the wing, and tossing screens to Kelce can seriously threaten the near-red zone defenses when they give us the space we need. We've seen this like 6 times this year, and have gone 6 for 6 with either picking up the first down or scoring.
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Originally Posted by OldSchool
Meh, Koyack is ok, nothing special.
In all seriousness, Harris is fine. If we let him go and he lights it up somewhere else after showing tremendous improvements since he got here, we'll all be kicking ourselves.
Julian Thomas took 2 years before he did something in his 3rd season of learning how to play TE after converting from mostly playing basketball in college but had 1 year of college football.
Demetrius Harris didn't play any college football at all, yet he's already come far enough along to be an active player on game days. He may not have the stats right now, but that's pretty significant.
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I won't be kicking myself if he turns out well somewhere else , he's literally been less than worthless here, and looked like garbage even in pre-season for a guy with "1" talent working against 2's and 3s. And as far as being an "active" player on game days, that's almost semantics because sure, he sees a couple plays, but he's not really a contributing factor, considering Bowe and Hemingway can block almost as well as he can, without having to pull one of them off the field. And we all know the guy isn't going to actually catch the ball if its thrown at him.