Draft Talk: Is Brandon Pettigrew Your Guy?
Brandon Pettigrew, to me, is probably the number one ranked tight end. He ran the 40-yard-dash three times. The scouts went with 4.87, which is pretty good. Pettigrew is, no doubt, a five-star caliber player.
Pettigrew has some strengths and weaknesses, though. His size is dominant. You are talking about a kid who is 6'5" and almost 260 pounds! His hands are good for the blocking. And speaking of blocking, he has great down-field blocking ability!
The weaknesses aren't so bad, though.
He sometimes doesn't run his routes well. He also sometimes make the ball go into his body at times. He is also going to be a 24-year-old rookie which means he is older than the average senior.
That came from an arrest.
He is just a big physical tight end. He jumps off the snap and is ready to go. He is reliable passing target for a quarterback in need of one. He has been in workouts with the New York Jets, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills, and Cleveland Browns.
The Jets need a guy like Pettigrew because the Jets can't possibly use Dustin Keller and they already released Chris Baker, who is now on the Patriots. Pettigrew looks to be a tight end for the Atlanta Falcons, though, who are in a huge need of a tight end. The Falcons can have one of the best tight ends since Alge Crumpler.
Pettigrew mostly reminds me of a guy like Marcedes Lewis or Alge Crumpler. Like Crumpler and Lewis, they have the athletic ability and can catch passes. They can block very well.
Pettigrew's stats has been improving more and more over the years. In his first year, 2005, he had 11 catches for 128 yards. He also had one touchdown. Pettigrew also finished with 11.6 yards per catch.
2006 was going a little better. He had 24 catches for 310 yards. He also had a career-high, four touchdowns. He also had close 13 yards per catch (12.9). Pettigrew was getting better and better.
2007, personally, was his best year I think. He had 35 catches for 540 yards and another career-high, four touchdown. Pettigrew also finished with a career-high, 15.4 yards per catch. That year, Pettigrew also had a 54-yard-touchdown.
2008 was Pettigrew's last year. He was a senior. Now he had to be the best he can this year. He had to help Oklahoma State and himself. Pettigrew finished with 42 catches for 472 yards. He also had 11.2 yards per catch. He could have had way better stats but missed four games that year.
Pettigrew also led Oklahoma State to the Holliday Bowl against Oregon. Unfortunately, they lost, 42-31. Pettigrew, although, did finish with some pretty good numbers. He had six catches for 51 yards. He also had 8.5 yards per catch.
Pettigrew finished his career at Oklahoma with 112 receptions for 1,450 yards and nine touchdowns. Pettigrew looks to be a dominant tight end in the NFL. I wish all the luck to Pettigrew. He looks to be a very successful tight end in the NFL.
So scouts, in the draft, is Brandon Pettigrew, tight end out of Oklahoma State, your guy? We'll see.
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We don't run a West Coast type of offense...
We don’t need a Dwight Clarke. We don’t even need a Jason Whitten or Alge Crumpler. We run a “shove-it-down-your-throats-with-the-run-game-oh-wait- you-put-the-SS-in-the-box-so-our-WR-are-going-to-catch-this-pass-for-50-yards” offense. Having a TE like Pettigrew might even make out offense more stagnant by shorening the ypa. I’m not just saying we don’t need Pettigrew, but we don’t even WANT a Tony Gonzales type TE (ala Jared Cooke). The reads are so easy for Ryan it hurts. Most teams play man against us. Reading the SS presnap is what makes it go. I know this is an oversimplification, but it’s the stepping stone of how Ryan makes his presnap reads. The teams that gave us fits were the ones playing mostly zone (Tampa 2), but Ryan even learned to read those as the year went on. A zone is less likely to blitz when it feels you’re not going to your TE because the blitzer is more likely to be picked up by a TE staying home. This gives Ryan more time to go through his reads as he is still learning zone defs. Also, don’t think the guys on the roster can’t catch. They are plenty talented enough to catch the 30 balls thrown to the TE spot a year. Adding Pettigrew to this team is like adding he-who-will-not-be-named to Mora Jr’s version of the West Coast. It’s a waste of talent. Our draft need to build the def, and because I’m a no excuse guy, we need to draft the best RB available in the mid rounds every year. I went through the Jamal Anderson is hurt, we’re gonna suck now years. It M Turner goes down, I wanna another stud back to get 7 yards on the next play…
"We're not maxed out, ... The best is still ahead of us."
Bobby Bowden
Well,
A fast TE (ala Jared Cook) can open up the underneath routes in a Zone. Check it out (Fig1 under Why Tight Ends Go Deep):
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/walkthrough/2009/walkthrough-seamers
But, no to Pettigrew. There are about 15 prospects I would want before him. Defense first!
Yes, but...
That’s not how are offense works. We don’t want 10-15 yard routes. We want the safety’s eyes in the backfield and our WRs on an island with the CBs. Plus, adding in a specialist TE for pass catching “shows our hand” so to speak. If you say that he can be a decoy, then you lose a blocker. That’s not how the big boys play football.
"We're not maxed out, ... The best is still ahead of us."
Bobby Bowden
Let me clarify
That I do not want TD to draft Cook. I used him as an example because you used him as an example. Of course the ideal scenario would be a TE who could block and be quick enough to run the seamer and have sure hands for the short/redzone routes.
As far as your other comment – you’re just wrong. I’d be willing to bet the MAJORITY of routes were 10-15 yarders. White had 15.7 YPC (with 4.4 YAC – for an 11.3 Yard Average at reception); Jenkins had 15.5 YPC (with 3.7 YAC – for an 11.8 Yard Average at reception); Douglas had a 13.9 YPC (with 5.0 YAC – for a 8.9 Yard Average at reception).
Of course Mularkey would try to set up certain situations where we could take a shot deep when they’re expecting a run, but that’s not a sustainable offense. The reason Ryan-to-White was so successful last year was because they kept moving the chains. That’s how “our” offense works.
It's ok to agree to disagree on this one...
I’d still invite ya down to “the pit” we call it when were tailgaiting before the game… =)
"We're not maxed out, ... The best is still ahead of us."
Bobby Bowden
BTW, thanks for the spelling correction...
I’m sure every English teacher I ever had would be disappointed…
"We're not maxed out, ... The best is still ahead of us."
Bobby Bowden
If you're right
about the TE spot and I’m not familiar enough with the details of the system to verify. Then we should go defensive again with this pick. Norwood will backup again this year and next year we can look into the mid rounds of the draft to find his eventual replacement.
by Molly Flogger on Apr 6, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Good but No!
I would like a LB with our first pick, Sintim or Cushing. Not a fan of Matthews though. If they are unavailable I’d be pleased with Sean Smith.
"Just want the Falcons to win a bowl before I'm gone!"
um, no...
Not interested. In him or any other TE in the draft for that matter. I still think we should wait until next season and get a free agent TE or draft one next season. We have greater needs on defense and I see this as a wasted pick if used on a TE. Non of them fit our scheme that I see.
Life is a garden. Dig it!
After the Tony Gonzalez hubbub
I wouldn’t mind us using a 3rd round pick to knab slick pass catching TE.
SuperStar Fred McGriff gives this post his "full endorsahment"!
Patience young pandawan
Next year you will find better options.
"If Woody were Captain of the Titanic, he'd argue the boat sinking speaks to how effectively they put rich people in life boats and lock the poor folks below."
-jrauch commenting at Hoopinion on Woody's (non)logic in his post-game comments
Ask Dimitroff yourself
I don’t know about Pettigrew but I am looking forward to hearing Dimitroff talk about the draft on Tuesday. Found a link to the Falcons site where you can ask him questions yourself. I asked one but it’s about someone other than Pettigrew. If Pettigrew is your guy ask him a ? yourself, looks pretty cool http://www.atlantafalcons.com/News/Articles/2009/04/11-20/Ask_Thomas_Dimitroff_a_Question.aspx
by falcdude on Apr 19, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

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