Flex End Jace Amaro ~ Texas Tech Red
Raiders ~ 6054/264
Raiders ~ 6054/264
Regarding Flex Ends
"Tight End" is a term I apply only to the classic "In Line" Tight End ~ an Hybrid Player who serves as a combination Blocker and Receiver. Some Tight Ends actually do very little receiving, but they are, optimally, proficient at both.
Those who are True Hybrid Threats are among the deadliest Players in the Game.
The "Tight Ends" who spend far more of their time running Routes from all over the Formation, and who aren't especially renowned for their Blocking ~ though many of them are adept Chippers ~ I refer to as Flex Ends.
Those who are True Hybrid Threats are among the deadliest Players in the Game.
Finally, those Hybrid Players who are so ridiculously Hybridized that they literally roam back and forth over the constantly fluctuating line between "LineMan" and "Back" ~ and who a confused FootBall World has clumsily designated, at times, as either "Tight End", "H-Back", or "FullBack", I refer to as WingBacks.
WingBack is a Position that by its very nature rests upon the Ethereal Edge between "LineMan" and "Back".
As such, I believe that the Term exquisitely captures the Essence of these particular Hybrids.
They're terms ~ WingBack and Flex End ~ that I find 1000 times cooler than "H-Back" or "Move" Tight End.
But that's me!!
The most compelling Attributes of a Flex End, in the 21st Century, are, in my view, and in no particular order:
Separation. Getting Open. This encompasses their ability to beat Press, their Acceleration out'f the Blocks, their Routing Precision, their Agility, their Ricochet, their capacity to outsmart Defenders, and their Instincts.
Catching. This encompasses Hands, Catch Radius, Vertical Agility, and Timing.
Navigation. How well he Navigates the Field in Pursuit of Yards After Catch: Power, Agility, and Field Vision.
Blocking. Having a Flex End who doesn't Block effectively is like having 10 Men on the Field of Battle.
Those who are True Hybrid Threats are among the deadliest Players in the Game.
The "Tight Ends" who spend far more of their time running Routes from all over the Formation, and who aren't especially renowned for their Blocking ~ though many of them are adept Chippers ~ I refer to as Flex Ends.
Those who are True Hybrid Threats are among the deadliest Players in the Game.
Finally, those Hybrid Players who are so ridiculously Hybridized that they literally roam back and forth over the constantly fluctuating line between "LineMan" and "Back" ~ and who a confused FootBall World has clumsily designated, at times, as either "Tight End", "H-Back", or "FullBack", I refer to as WingBacks.
WingBack is a Position that by its very nature rests upon the Ethereal Edge between "LineMan" and "Back".
As such, I believe that the Term exquisitely captures the Essence of these particular Hybrids.
They're terms ~ WingBack and Flex End ~ that I find 1000 times cooler than "H-Back" or "Move" Tight End.
But that's me!!
The most compelling Attributes of a Flex End, in the 21st Century, are, in my view, and in no particular order:
Separation. Getting Open. This encompasses their ability to beat Press, their Acceleration out'f the Blocks, their Routing Precision, their Agility, their Ricochet, their capacity to outsmart Defenders, and their Instincts.
Catching. This encompasses Hands, Catch Radius, Vertical Agility, and Timing.
Navigation. How well he Navigates the Field in Pursuit of Yards After Catch: Power, Agility, and Field Vision.
Blocking. Having a Flex End who doesn't Block effectively is like having 10 Men on the Field of Battle.
Jace Amaro Scouting Report
Separation ~ Phenomenal. Outstanding Core Power and Combat Skills to beat Press. Tremendous Launch Velocity. Adept Fluidity and Ricochet to gain Separation in Space. Exceptional Field Vision and Instincts to find the Open Zone.
Catching ~ Deficient. Inconsistent Hands. Raw Tracking Skills, Combat Skills, and Timing at the CatchPoint.
Navigation ~ Competitive. Adequate Power and Agility. Adept Field Vision.
Blocking ~ Adequate. Great Frame, suspect Motor.
Catching ~ Deficient. Inconsistent Hands. Raw Tracking Skills, Combat Skills, and Timing at the CatchPoint.
Navigation ~ Competitive. Adequate Power and Agility. Adept Field Vision.
Blocking ~ Adequate. Great Frame, suspect Motor.
Jace Amaro Prospectus
Jace Amaro is an adept Open Field Blocker, but not much of an In Line Blocker, so I'm calling'm a Flex End.
He belongs, I think, to the Jimmy Graham set, although, you know...less talented.
He's incredibly adept at getting off The Line, exceptionally instinctive, and remarkably smooth.
And his Navigational Skills, both before and after the Catch, are good enough to pick up what's there.
I'm far less impressed with his reliability at the CatchPoint, however.
Frankly, I believe that Jace Amaro's Impact will be far less than his gaudy statistics at Texas Tech suggest.
But I also believe that his remarkable Capacity to Get Open, time after time after time...could be quietly deadly.
10 Yards at a time, that is.
Provided, of course, he can learn to catch the damned FootBall.
Thanks, as always, to the extraordinary Work by the men of Draft BreakDown!!
He belongs, I think, to the Jimmy Graham set, although, you know...less talented.
He's incredibly adept at getting off The Line, exceptionally instinctive, and remarkably smooth.
And his Navigational Skills, both before and after the Catch, are good enough to pick up what's there.
I'm far less impressed with his reliability at the CatchPoint, however.
Frankly, I believe that Jace Amaro's Impact will be far less than his gaudy statistics at Texas Tech suggest.
But I also believe that his remarkable Capacity to Get Open, time after time after time...could be quietly deadly.
10 Yards at a time, that is.
Provided, of course, he can learn to catch the damned FootBall.
Thanks, as always, to the extraordinary Work by the men of Draft BreakDown!!
Yank Rank: StudHorse ~ OverValued!!
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