Should Dockery Be Re-signed Before Free Agency Starts (next Friday)

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

You mean like Ron Middleton? I think he caught something like 5-10 passes a year. His roster weight was 270 (probably a bit off) so he was like a miniature offensive tackle.

The only thing is, that's not usually an element of Al Saunders' offense. Pucillo was brought in in the 'Jumbo' formations, but that's got Gibbs' fingerprints all over it.

Saunders' offense, along with Norv Turner's and Mike Martz are more true to the Air Coryell original -- the tight end has more of the pass catching role, while the fullback does most of the blocking. It was Gibbs who did most of the tinkering with his mentor's scheme. That's not to say the tight ends don't block. And it doesn't rule out that there could be yet another alteration to Saunders' game plan as long as Gibbs is looking over his shoulder.

I'd agree that a pure blocking tight end might be useful, as long as it doesn't throw too big of a wrench into an offense young players are still trying to learn.

Well it's not like we would be retarding the devolpment of a young TE. Jason Dunn played the no. 2 TE role in KC for many years under Saunders with great success. The difference was, he was retarding the development of Kris Wilson, who they used a 2nd rounder on in 2004 (he now starts at their H Back position). In fact, I think we should trade for Dunn, if he can be had for a conditional pick (no higher than round 6).

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Well it's not like we would be retarding the devolpment of a young TE. Jason Dunn played the no. 2 TE role in KC for many years under Saunders with great success. The difference was, he was retarding the development of Kris Wilson, who they used a 2nd rounder on in 2004 (he now starts at their H Back position). In fact, I think we should trade for Dunn, if he can be had for a conditional pick (no higher than round 6).

Dunn would be an AWESOME addition to the team. He's definately the blocking-stud we've been looking for.