Ed Dickson to re-sign?

[WOW!!]

Maybe, but you could add...

Or not getting open. Or the qb not having confidence in you. Shula wasn't throwing the passes. By the way, if all 17 balls should have been caught, he could be dropping opportunities. I remember him dropping a few. However, that is a fairly high target-catch ratio, but if you look at the receivers that are second and third options, they tend to have a higher percentage because they are not the focus of the defense. Just an example from my free agent research: Calvin Johnson's was about 55%, while #3 WR and KR/PR (a free agent i want the Panthers to take a serious look at) Jeremy Ross caught 67% of targets.

Since Shula has never had a QB or real weapons to speak of, save Alstott and Dunn in Tampa, I want to see how he does with weapons. This has to be the year the OL comes together and Gettlemen adds the other piece to the WR equation. This will be fun. If I feel the same about Shula this time next year, I will lead the torch mob to the stadium.

I understand what you're saying and without coaching tape we really don't know how much he was part of the game plan... but I literally seen Shula having a problem calling plays at times during games and forget he had Olsen for a half.. So right now my expectations for Shula are lower than the players. .

[magnus]

I never realized there was such a strong link between an OC, who's in charge of a whole side of the ball, and whether or not a blocking tight end is being used enough.

 

 

Dickson's OK.  PFF calls him their second lowest ranked free agent.    He is, outside that one season he started because of injury, a blocker.  

 

Greg Olsen received 123 targets on a team that was 19th in attempts (so, 13th from the bottom), so it's not like they don't use the TE.  Dickson played more snaps than all but Olsen out of the FB, TE groups - 47.3%, which isn't a small feat given that the league in general spends about 60% of the time in 3+ WR and Olsen missed under 4% of total snaps.  So, I don't think Shula isn't using him enough, it feels like he's been using him about as much as possible. 

 

Well, maybe it's Cam, right? same stat - Olsen got 123 targets.  A massive volume when you're hardly throwing the ball, so Cam will throw to a TE (some of those targets are Anderson's, absolutely).   Again PFF has him rated low, so sounds like he's not getting open (if anyone who pays for PFF wants to throw out his run block v/s receiving grade v/s pass block grade, or yards per route run or anything like that, would be neat. 

 

So, maybe Ed Dickson isn't a super star and that has nothing to do with anyone else (like internet goobers trying to further agendas)?   Just a thought.  

 

[PantherFanOne]

I think where they think Williams is at is a different place than where The Huddle thinks Williams is at.

 

You think?????

[ZB1224]

I never realized there was such a strong link between an OC, who's in charge of a whole side of the ball, and whether or not a blocking tight end is being used enough.

 

 

Dickson's OK.  PFF calls him their second lowest ranked free agent.    He is, outside that one season he started because of injury, a blocker.  

 

Greg Olsen received 123 targets on a team that was 19th in attempts (so, 13th from the bottom), so it's not like they don't use the TE.  Dickson played more snaps than all but Olsen out of the FB, TE groups - 47.3%, which isn't a small feat given that the league in general spends about 60% of the time in 3+ WR and Olsen missed under 4% of total snaps.  So, I don't think Shula isn't using him enough, it feels like he's been using him about as much as possible. 

 

Well, maybe it's Cam, right? same stat - Olsen got 123 targets.  A massive volume when you're hardly throwing the ball, so Cam will throw to a TE (some of those targets are Anderson's, absolutely).   Again PFF has him rated low, so sounds like he's not getting open (if anyone who pays for PFF wants to throw out his run block v/s receiving grade v/s pass block grade, or yards per route run or anything like that, would be neat. 

 

So, maybe Ed Dickson isn't a super star and that has nothing to do with anyone else (like internet goobers trying to further agendas)?   Just a thought.  

 

Ed Dickson

Snaps: 622

Overall: -16.2 

Catching: -2.1

Pass Blocking: -6.7

Run Blocking: -8.1

[Growl]

The tease is all the "almost" big plays him and Cam had at the end of the season as some chemistry developed and teams started keying in on Olsen more.

I think we could do a lot better but I dont object to having him on to compete in camp with some other options.