Fine a find at tight end?
by Ryan Van Bibber on Feb 19, 2010 10:31 AM CST
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PrintThe St. Louis Rams have done a good job recently finding serviceable players off the NFL's scrap heap. They've had to in order to survive given the poor draft record of the team Devaney et al inherited. So what to make of their recent aquisition of castoff TE Derek Fine?
I think he's probably nothing more than a camp body to compete with Daniel Fells, personally. He's 6'3" 247 lbs (an inch and 20 lbs smaller than Fells) and lacks the kind of separation speed you need in a real difference making tight end. Sando has a scouting report on him in a post from yesterday.
Fine might be fine (oh, bad pun) for a look as a dump off, check down type guy in the Rams West Coast offense, but I wouldn't exactly cross TE off the needs list.
After all, Fine was released by the Bills, who have a big RFA decision to make with another TE, Joe Klopfenstein.
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He must be something
The Browns and Jaguars both put waiver claims on him too
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That was another era
under Shack Harris. Now since 2009 January we have a new GM; wqqho is a drafz uru. Look the Jaguars young receivers in WR and TE selected in ’09 in 4th to 6th rounds who are PRODUCTING BIG already(Mike Thomas -Set a rookie receiving record; Zach Millar scored 2 TDs; Jarrett Dillard had a 25+ catch in every game until he broke his leg). This is the new Jags! Forget what you saw in drafting until 2008.
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by Zoltan from Budapest on Feb 21, 2010 3:56 AM CST up reply actions
Klop beat him out-so I guess-
I guess we got something, I’m not sure what it was. Screwed maybe? Probably a camp body.
He only cost us the waiver price.
If he turns out to be useful, we’re ahead of the game. If not, the cost was very minor. If we are going to reach to try to fill a position of need, this is the way to do it – so long as we don’t put all our eggs in this basket.
I guess I shouldn't prejudge-
Some of our best players came from nowhere and from castoffs. You already know the list-so I’ll just agree with you and stop my griping
I don't see Dickson lasting into the 2nd
He’s not rated quite that high I know, but I think he will go early. 21st of the 1st maybe?
He's ranked very differently across the internet but no one has him above a second rounder.
Hopefully we can get him. Jimmy Graham is my next choice. Probably 4th rounder or later. He’s just an athletic big guy. 6’8’’ 250 and can run a faster than a 4.7 40. Hasn’t played much football, but he played basketball until his senior year. I’m hoping we get him and he uses his basketball skills like Antonio Gates does.
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