You don't have to be fast to run a hitch, I guess.
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I think he will actually come in and play right away... he goes up and gets it like no one else on the team right now....
Well, Jeremy Gallon can get up, but sadly, he starts off a little lower =/
He is literally one of the nicest and hardest working people you'll ever encounter.
My two-cent guess is he's being move to H-Back. He'll line up off-tackle in 0 TE sets (for all intents and purposes a dropped TE), where he can motion from tackle to tackle to confuse defenses and provide blocking on veers, screens and hitches, etc., etc. Or, on occasion, he'll be a second TE in 2 TE sets.
With no top-end speed to speak of, I don't see him at X; he's just not a feature SE (maybe from time to time, but not majority). So if he's not on the line, he's as much a WR as a slot, and he's no flanker, because that'll be Roy. With the added benefit of weight and (hopefully) blocking ability, he'd presumedly be a decent H-Back. Re: the knocks on him about blocking, those knocks are about blocking from the line; as an HB he'll be lined up behind the line with an extra step. He has good vision, so this could make him a much better blocker.
I think it's a good if not great move, because we'll face some pretty strong LBs this year; the added blocking ability (or at least gerth) from an H-Back with good knowledge of our offense will be highly beneficial.
Plus, assuming he'd be the second or third (check-down) option on passing plays, it'd be nice to have a big target at that position who Denard can throw high and away towards. Denard's a small QB and prone to "sail" his passes if he's forced out of the pocket. If Miller's routes tend towards the sidelines, Denard has a little more comfortability to just put the ball high and away for Miller to make a play. If he doesn't, the ball just goes out of bounds (hopefully).
I don't really disagree with anything you said, except that it wouldn't be a move. Our h-backs are listed as TEs on our roster, and are considered part of the TE group. Essentially, our team doesn't have anyone who is a designated H-back, just TEs who often play that role.
So if that's how Ricardo plays this fall, that wouldn't be considered a position move at all.
Ricardo Miller: World's largest slot ninja.
Make it so, Borges, make it so.
Does this mean that DG is moving to TE?
April 20th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
April 20th, 2012 at 11:32 PM ^
Miller will be alright at WR. Terry Robieski wasn't that fast either.