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Chris ey

2005 Scouting Report - Scouts Inc.
Grade: 66 | (Adequate Starter)
Alert: Y (Young Player, need more film evaluation)

Comment:
ey is more of an HB than a true TE. He line up in the backfield and was a lead blocker at the FB position. He has good quickness and feet. He has sure hands and made the catches that were thrown to him. He is a position blocker that is very willing .Has good body control and change of direction. However, ey does not have the great speed and could not separate or create space from the defender. He has no RAC speed. He was not explosive coming out of cuts and was covered. Had a hard time anchoring the point of attack in the run game. He does not have good lower body strength to push the pile. He just does not any pop coming off the ball. In short, he is a versatile player that can contribute at TE, HB, FB and on special teams.

Skinsfan55 wrote:Chris ey

2005 Scouting Report - Scouts Inc.
Grade: 66 | (Adequate Starter)
Alert: Y (Young Player, need more film evaluation)

Comment:
ey is more of an HB than a true TE. He line up in the backfield and was a lead blocker at the FB position. He has good quickness and feet. He has sure hands and made the catches that were thrown to him. He is a position blocker that is very willing .Has good body control and change of direction. However, ey does not have the great speed and could not separate or create space from the defender. He has no RAC speed. He was not explosive coming out of cuts and was covered. Had a hard time anchoring the point of attack in the run game. He does not have good lower body strength to push the pile. He just does not any pop coming off the ball. In short, he is a versatile player that can contribute at TE, HB, FB and on special teams.

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Jeremy Shockey
2005 Scouting Report - Scouts Inc.
Grade: 79 | (Solid Starter)
Alert: D (Durability issues)

Comment:
He can stretch the seam vertically and has a chance to out run some linebackers. He has excellent ball skills and can get mismatches with his size when he gets into the secondary. He has a very good feel for the open spots in zone coverage and can push off and screen linebackers in man coverage. He lacks the strength in both upper and lower body to be a dominant factor in blocking. He lacks explosiveness and takes poor angles to his blocks. He plays with poor leverage. He sets his feet and gets overextended. He puts his head down and gets knocked around and generally punished when he attempts to block. At times he gets overaggressive and he loses his focus and concentration and will drop the easy catch.

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Jason Witten
2005 Scouting Report - Scouts Inc.
Grade: 78 (Solid Starter)
Alert: None

Comment:
Has the burst to reach the second level quickly and can redirect in space. As a receiver, possesses excellent athletic ability, shows good initial quickness and is difficult to jam at the line of scrimmage. Takes little time to reach top speed, is fast enough to work the seam and can make the tough over-the-shoulder catch. Shows good body control and does a nice job of adjusting to passes while their in the air. Is capable of catching the ball in-stride, wastes little motion turning upfield after the catch and is a powerful open field runner that regularly picks up yards after contact. However, Witten is a better blocker than he is a receiver and he must continue to improve his route-running skills. Lacks ideal lower body strength, will struggle working against physical two-gap defensive ends and isn't going to push the pile in short-yardage situations. Doesn't always take great angles to blocks and fails to get into position at times.

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L.J Smith
2005 Scouting Report - Scouts Inc.
Grade: 74 | (Good Starter)
Alert: None

Comment:
He is a talented young player who, despite his production and improvement, seems to be slowing down a little bit in his natural progress and maturation from his rookie season. He has all the athletic talent in the world, and while he is a solid football player, you would like to see a little more big play explosiveness from him. He has outstanding quickness off the ball, hits his top gear in a hurry, and has a great short area burst. He is not going to dominate at the point of attack or the line of scrimmage vs. a strong defender who tries to come over the top, and although he has improved in terms of his recognition of angles, Smith will never be a great power blocker. He is more of an H-Back TE, and a guy who needs to be on the move and utilized in the passing game to have success.

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Now I like Chris ey a lot, but he is in some damn good company.

I mean, calling him the worst TE/H-B in the NFC East is like calling him the "worst" outfielder on the American League All-Star team.

ey is a good player, like I said, but he lacks the 2nd gear that all the other players at his position and in his division have. He's got hands like glue, but if you don't have the speed and quickness to get deep, or to make some YAC then you are what you are, a good, but not spectacular pass catcher.

Am I less of a fan because I don't think every Redskins player is in the top of the league at their position? Hardly.

Just because ey is used more frequently doesn't make him a more talented player than Shockey, Witten, or Smith. (Maybe ey is better than Smith... happy?)