Jake Ferguson, Peyton Hendershot, Sean McKeon, and Seth Green are all listed as either 6-foot-4 or 6-foot-5. McCarthy’s physical preferences become obvious by lining up his current tight end group. Because of the way it gives you the ability to play offensively,” the coach offered. I don’t think you can have enough of that body type on your team. As many 6-4, 250 pound men that can play on four downs. So the tight end position, obviously, versatility. “It’s our responsibility as coaches to make sure our boundaries have the ability to take advantage of any quality player that fits a physical profile of how we want to look as a football team. You’re always trying to create favorable matchups for your players.”įor tight end prospects to really register in McCarthy’s radar, though, it starts with genetics. The Cowboys, like all the other offenses in the league, ask their tight ends to be multi-skill players: block effectively when needed, serve as a safety-blanket outlet in the passing game, go in motion to cause hesitation for a defense who can’t be sure which job he’s about to do on any given play.Īnd he has to do all of them at an exceedingly high level for it to work.

And then able to play in the third component of being displaced as a receiver.” , Their ability to be a movement player whether it’s moving in the backfield or moving along the line of scrimmage, doing some heavy lifting. “, Some call it the traditional Y position, where they’re playing next to the tackle on the line of scrimmage. “Well, there’s really three primary positions that they play in,” he told reporters at The Star. His answers- along with how Dallas used its platoon of tight ends last season- strongly suggest that he’ll be looking to take a tight end at some point this weekend.Īnd the coach has a good idea of what he’s searching for. Speaking at the team’s annual pre-draft press conference on Monday, the head coach talked about the growing importance of the position in today’s NFL. Mike McCarthy may be coming around on tight ends, and that could very well influence the decision the Cowboys make in the first round of the draft this Thursday night.

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