Developing Tight Ends

[Jlinton]

I have a 91POT and 87POT I drafted.. after 1.5 seasons the 91POT is sitting at around 83.. Hes amazing and almost never drops a pass, but his Ovr seems to be stuck !

[TheDMG]

Another part of the problem might be that many of the high potential TEs I grab are

Spoiler

the Winslow clones from Delaware St. They start out low on OVR, don't have the "driven" trait and because of those factors often stagnate, at least in my experience.

[Sanchez_Mareno]

I can get my TEs going up 2points every year
Eg 74-76-78

[rdnk]

Yeah, I got that too. But I got fed up once he got to 80, and signed Dallas Clark...
What's strange is, on other teams, they develop fine.
For example, there was a TE named Cooper Hooper (not kidding you, Sweetney year 2, Tony Gonzalez comparison), who was picked late round 1 by the Eagles.
By the end of the year, he had reached his potential of 87 and is now a 2 time probowler.

[Mike3207]

Does coaching make a difference with tight ends? If I max out physical and intangible development with TE's, will they develop faster. Just curious if anyone has any idea if better coaches would show better TE development.

[Jlinton]

Drew Goldman ... has anyone other then me drafted this TE ? I run a spread / saints type offence with him as TE1 and the man has been dominant... Never have a seen a TE effect my games so much with clutch catches .. last game the man caught 3 TDs! and i have bellows and manningham as WRs yet Goldman can steal the show at anypoint ... I'll be tracking his Overall (was at 83 pre game POT 91 .. and see if getting him this involved will help out

The only way I was able to get his and my rookie qb's overall up so quick (hes a rookie) was alot of singleback short routes that seemed to help develop them both very quickly since TE's are often used in these shorter plays

[ebongreen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jlinton

Drew Goldman ... has anyone other then me drafted this TE ?

Yeah, I drafted him for my Packers. He's pretty good - I don't think he's as good as

Spoiler

Karron Cousins or Storm Stewart,

other TEs in the English draft path, but he's a good receiver and a passable blocker.

The other TEs I mentioned are unreal - the former is a massive target and plenty fast, while the latter is shorter but has WR-class speed. IIRC, they're both better blockers than Goldman, and since I want my TEs to do both very well, I typically trade Drew after I draft the other two. It's wonderful, the things you can do with 2 TE sets these days, especially against a 3-4 defense.