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Veteran tight end Chris ey has agreed to rejoin the Washington Redskins, a person familiar with the situation said Sunday night.

ey is scheduled to undergo a physical Monday and his re-signing will become official after that, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the team had made no official announcement.

“It’s going to happen,” the person said.

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HAIL ya!

It's official. Chris passed his physical and is signed. Now lets get to work!!!!

I think my biggest concern is how do you use him at this point? Do you play him out of the slot or in the backfield? Do you put him on the line? I think he is to small to be on the line and I would much rather see us run a 3 WR set and keep Moss on the field more.

frankcal20 wrote:It's official. Chris passed his physical and is signed. Now lets get to work!!!!

Welcome back, Capt. Chaos!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/foo ... -redskins/

HAIL yaaaaaa
#47 Captain Chaos returns!
Im not worried about anything.. if he has only two big games left in him, then turkey day and Dallas week will be o so sweet!

butterd97 wrote:I love ey but really not sure this is gonna work out very well

ey makes perfect sense. Fred was a big part of our offense. If we don't have another pass catching TE, it's not just that we lose those plays but it changes our offense.

I'm more than confident with ey and Paulsen. No worries at TE for the near future.

This is a marraige made in heavin. Just wait until RG3 discovers ey! If you think he was happy to discover Moss wait until he figures out that ey will always be open for him and be at the right place at the right time. You just got to have the right mix of youthful enthieusasm and old pro wisdom. We might be there.
Filling Fred Davis' shoes ain't gonna happen, he will be missed. If anybody can step in and Fred will give him support it is ey. These guys know how to work together.

oj wrote:Filling Fred Davis' shoes ain't gonna happen

Because Davis' shoe size is so much smaller than ey's.

Deadskins wrote:

oj wrote:Filling Fred Davis' shoes ain't gonna happen

Because Davis' shoe size is so much smaller than ey's.

Yeah, I'm gonna bet that's probably the other way around, in reality. But I get what your gettin' at.

emoses14 wrote:

Deadskins wrote:

oj wrote:Filling Fred Davis' shoes ain't gonna happen

Because Davis' shoe size is so much smaller than ey's.

Yeah, I'm gonna bet that's probably the other way around, in reality. But I get what your gettin' at.

It's a metaphore.

Fred Davis has the most catches at this point on the team. He was averaging 3.4 per game. Over the remaining season that means he would have added another 31 receptions.

Over or under 31 for Chris ey?

I'm going over.

I'll say over. And with at least one TD, he will have already surpassed Fred's point production.

really great to have ey back - however he is a different player than Davis

Davis is the better TE but I love ey's ability to find a way to get open



btw - what's a metaphore?

SkinsJock wrote:btw - what's a metaphore?

It's like a dickphore.

It will take at least 3 games for ey to get in game shape. That said, I am happy to have him back. Davis is the better TE, but ey has been a loyal skin. I personally don't think that he is done. He is only 30 and not an RB -- but we'll soon find that out.

I hope I am wrong, and this is probably not a popular statement, but ey is a huge step down from what we had, both as a pass catcher and a run blocker, so I wouldn't get your hopes up people.

Real great to have him back from a fans perspective, but just don't think the guy can separate and has always had trouble in the blocking department. We shall see though. I'm obviously rooting for him.

I think it's great that we have ey back. You know, so that he can run ghost routes when Paulsen is taking a break from being awesome!

I will be interested to see what bringing a vet back like ey will do for the team's morale. We've been hit with a number of key injuries this year losing playmakers on both sides of the ball. I remember how players said that ey was consoling them after the news that he was being let go. I'm hoping that his presence will be a nice shot in the arm to help keep the team on track moving forward.

We need to have players step up and fill the holes when starters go down. Fortunate for us, that we lose a weapon like Davis and can bring in a veteran who knows the playbook inside and out, is a "core Redskin" and a crowd favorite.

I'd love to see ey get back to being a clutch target inside the redzone.

chiefhog44 wrote:I hope I am wrong, and this is probably not a popular statement, but ey is a huge step down from what we had, both as a pass catcher and a run blocker

I couldn't disagree more. He's a step up, both as a pass catcher and a run blocker, from Fred Davis.
Where he is a step down is speed, and jumping ability.

Can't wait to hear the coooooooooooooo chants when he makes a clutch catch!

Deadskins wrote:

chiefhog44 wrote:I hope I am wrong, and this is probably not a popular statement, but ey is a huge step down from what we had, both as a pass catcher and a run blocker

I couldn't disagree more. He's a step up, both as a pass catcher and a run blocker, from Fred Davis.
Where he is a step down is speed, and jumping ability.

Cooooley is better finding the open spot and catching the pass

He will be an upgrade over Niles Paul as a TE the minute he straps on the pads. Paul may be faster but that means nothing if he cant catch.

What were talking about here is an upgrade at the position over Paul, not Davis. Also he plugs in instantly, little to no learning curve.

This move was kind of a no brainer.

Sucks for ey though, now hes got higher income before his divorce is finalized. Oh well, maybe playing ball will take his mind off of it.

jmooney wrote:What were talking about here is an upgrade at the position over Paul, not Davis.

Paul is still playing, Davis is on IR.