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Ian Thomas

Cam's New Arm

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t96 Grand Master

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Still very young and learning. TE is one of the hardest positions to get adjusted to in the NFL and Ian’s blocking needs some work. He’s definitely an exciting young piece though and the future starter once Greg hangs them up, possibly next year... 

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Folks, this ain't Madden.  Some players are developmental.  Not only was Thomas not blocking the right assignment (or anything) last year, he was not running the correct pass routes at times.  Even on his best day, he is not better than Olsen now---if you look at the big picture.  We saw promise, nothing more.

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Definatly not a polished player but he should have had more playing time. You can't develope a young player completly untill they have the oppertunity to get snaps. I would say a combination of Ron's vet philosophies & fears of mistakes, a terible oline needing more help than the universe can provide and Ian's blocking ability equals no playing time.

Now Olsen is out, Ron is gone and winning isn't the end all be all. Good time for Ian to take advantage of the situation.

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