{"id":22217,"date":"2022-07-22T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hes-a-tight-ends-tight-end-joebucsfan-com\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T11:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:15:01","slug":"hes-a-tight-ends-tight-end-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hes-a-tight-ends-tight-end-joebucsfan-com\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;He&#8217;s A Tight End&#8217;s Tight End&#8221; &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-300755\">\n<h2>\u201cHe&#8217;s A Tight End&#8217;s Tight End\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><small>July 21st, 2022 <!-- by admin --><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Joe is not hearing any moaning about general manager Jason Licht&#8217;s fresh signing of 12th-year veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph. <span id=\"more-300755\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In fact, Joe&#8217;s heard the opposite \u2014 a lot of love for the move.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Former Pro Bowl receiver Ed McCaffrey, a three-time Super Bowl winner with the Broncos and Giants, is a big fan of the Rudolph signing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking on SiriusXM NFL Radio this morning, McCaffrey noted that the rich get richer and the Bucs are the type of team that is very attractive to free agents of Rudolph&#8217;s stature.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWhen I think of tight ends, right, he&#8217;s a tight end&#8217;s tight end.  You know what I mean?  Like a 6-6, 260-pound guy,\u201d McCaffrey said.  \u201cThis is a dude.  He can block in the run game;  he can catch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHe can give them a dimension that Rob Gronkowki gave them in terms of being a blocker in the run game and in protections, and is a really reliable target at tight end.  Big body, strong hands.  He makes them a little bit better and he fills a need.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">McCaffrey went on to rave about how Rudolph is a \u201crelevant blocker\u201d and how the Bucs just recovered legitmate two-tight-end sets with the Rudolph signing, as he can line up with established TE Cameron Brate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Joe won&#8217;t pretend Rudolph makes up for the loss of Rob Gronkowski, but he should be a hell of a fit if he&#8217;s not <del>Richard Sherman<\/del> washed out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">10 Year Anniversary Party: Saturday, July 30th. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aX4TStqjfQ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/aX4TStqjfQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Storm Brewing Co (@BigStormBrewing) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigStormBrewing\/status\/1550209291185016833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\";\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s A Tight End&#8217;s Tight End\u201d July 21st, 2022 Joe is not hearing any moaning about general manager Jason Licht&#8217;s fresh signing of 12th-year veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph. In fact, Joe&#8217;s heard the opposite \u2014 a lot of love for the move. Former Pro Bowl receiver Ed McCaffrey, a three-time Super Bowl winner with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hes-a-tight-ends-tight-end-joebucsfan-com\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;He&#8217;s A Tight End&#8217;s Tight End&#8221; &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[10064,10063,4967],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21083,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-rudolph-signs-with-buccaneers-fills-rob-gronkowski-void\/","url_meta":{"origin":22217,"position":0},"title":"Kyle Rudolph signs with Buccaneers, fills Rob Gronkowski void","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Buccaneers have filled the sizable hole that Rob Gronkowski left, or so they hope. 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