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Amon-Ra was out that Seattle game which led to a spike in usage. And then he had that 80+ yarder. IMO that game probably skews things a bit.
Heâs probably going to regularly be a 750-800 yard guy now that Minnesota has Addison but we shall see.
750-800 per season is near the top end of what people should expect out of a TE. What Travis Kelce is doing is an outlier. He is ripping off 1,300+ yard seasons like its normal. For perspective, George Kittle has only done that once in his 6 year career. Darren Waller has never done it in 7 seasons.
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I also think Kelce wouldnât be coming close to that production without Mahomes and Andy Reid featuring him so much in the offense. He gets so many targets.
7 straight 1000 yard seasons for a TE is wild though. Iâve had him a keeper league for a few seasons now.
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You and me both. Someone for some reason dropped him, in the offseason, a few years back, grabbed him immediately and never looked back.
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152 targets last year, itâs a no brainer to keep him.
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Donât panic after he has a terrible week 1 this year!
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Anzalone will lock his ass down! 
And if he canât do it alone! Barnes will help him.
No itâs why they started him over the other guys
The other guys were so far above Hock that they didnât even want him on the team. You know, like Jeff Okudah.
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Was hock stats in minny more than any one tight end on lions roster ?
Hock had more yards in 1 playoff game than most of the Lions tight ends had in a 17 game season. Doesnât mean much though because the Vikes lost anyways and the Lions seemed better off offensively without Hock, which is pretty wild.
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And your point is?
Hock wasnât going to be worth the $9,392,000 heâs going to get for 2023, not the $12-15 Million heâs likely to get as part of a contract extension.
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For sure, I was the 1st guy to bring that up when we drafted LaPorta. Love the Moneyball strategy by Holmes. I was simply answering the other posters question. Hock will be just like Jonah, good player, not great player that Holmes doesnât pay.
Iâm mostly concerned with having a real âblockingâ TE. Wright played his way into the lineup but he simply isnât very good. Neither are our other undrafted options. Sure, some guys that were rarely thrown to caught like a pass a game because no one was watching them. Zylstra was the lone exception when he had like 3 TDâs in a game where he obviously had matchup advantage.
âThe trio had inconsistent blocking numbers, as well. Wright finished with 44.2 and 56.7 grades as a run- and-pass-blocker, respectively. Meanwhile, Zylstra received a pass-blocking grade of just 25.3.
Wright struggled with drops, as he dropped three passes thrown his way in 2022. That mark was tied for fourth among Lions pass-catchers.â
Wright is simply depth but is he good depth or just a stop gap?
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Be interesting to know if Jonah can be great player but thus framing is so much better than the shade when fans try and portray hock as a bad player or not better than who lions had â and offense looked good without him. Mightâve looked even better with him as the offense was getting better but we wonât know
With a cap
Lions will have tough decisions on good players
Letting them go donât mean they werenât good or worth their contracts
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Bingo! So many fans attach themselves to players, and yes I love Sewell and St. Brown, but lots of talented Lions will be leaving soon, itâs just the nature of cap era.
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Nick Muse making playsâŚ
maybe Viqueens wonât give Hock that bag after all⌠
I like Hock but didnât see paying him like a top guy. LaPorta has all the tools to be a better playerâŚ.just has to do it.
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Hock âholding in?â
Missing practice due to an ear infectionâŚ
throwing off his equilibrium. 
18 days of ear infection???
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