It's just too bad that our best receiver is a TE.

 

I was very excited to get him in the offseason. He really didnt have a chance to play behind Witten in Dallas, but he was highly regarded coming out, and in the few chances to play he did fairly well. We made out very well in that trade, and nice to see him getting touches and making the most of it.

 

Thought it was a great trade then and think it was a fantastic trade now.

 

Who cursed Parcells? I mean, a fourth rounder for a starting TE and starting ILB? Come on!

 

Fasano catches 2 tds and now he's a beast.

 

A Fasano at this point in time is our best Receiver by far, for us he is like A Gates for the Chargers a couple of years ago, just the go to guy.

I thought that was our best trade this offseason, the Fasano/Ayodele trade was better then the LBook/S Murphy trade for us at the moment.

Not a beast, just the guy with one eye in the land of the blind Receiving Corps..

 

where was he in Arizona?

 

The same place the entire team was, hiding under the benches, we got smacked early and often in that game...

 

Does Antonio Gates hide under benches?

 

I did RR, simply because at the moment, he is all we have in the way of a Receiving Threat, like Gates was for the Chargers maybe two years ago, he is the one guy who seems to be open for us.

 

I expect Fasano to have a good game against the Chargers, or at least catch a TD. Here are some of the numbers being put up by TE's that play the Chargers.

Zach Miller: 5/95 1 TD
Dustin Keller: 4/41 1 TD
Tony Scheffler: 6/64 2 TD
Dante Rosario: 7/96 1 TD

The only difference is that Fasano is our main receiving weapon where as those 4 players aren't. We'll see though.

 

I didn't think it was THAT bad. Maybe I was just too busy celebrating.

 

Interesting... here are the current stats through 3wks

RNK NAME REC YDS AVG YPG LNG TD FUM LST
37 A. Fasano TE, MIA 11 150 13.6 50.0 24 2 0 0
38 A. Randle El WR, WAS 14 149 10.6 49.7 26 0 0 0
39 Antonio Gates TE, SDG 10 147 14.7 49.0 25 2 1 1

I'm not saying... I'm just saying...

Source

 

Of course he's emerging as an offensive threat, the guy's a stud.

 

It was a bad celebration. But as long as he continues to get into the endzone I could care less what celebration he does no matter how corny it is.

 

I liked it.

 

Yeah, to say Fasano is as good as Gates would be nuts, for us right now he as important as Gates was but...no way, not yet.

 

Your not saying that because he played for Notre Dame and now plays for the Dolphins right?:shifty:

 

I liked him punching the ball out of his hand.

 

owned!!!

 

I don't remember anybody cursing the trade. The general feeling was that he was instantly our best TE and that a 4th for a starter was a great deal.

 

:no:

he was comparing the situation, not the players

 

OMG!!! He's averaging 3.75 catches per game, and 50 yards!!! Gates isn't the only receiving threat on the Chargers, and he still matches those numbers.

 

Dude.
Chill out.
He did not say he was Gates.
He compared us to the chargers who just like us, had nobody to catch passes, except for their TE. Who just happens to be AG, that's it.
He didint say Fasano is anything like/better/worse or anything like Gates. Just the same player in same situation.



Gates or no Gates..hes our most reliable target so far...
And he is doing better than most of us thought he would (most people had no idea what to expect)
Im pleased with his progression so far (unlike Ernest Wilford...)

 

At that pace 800 yds and 10 Td's would make Fasano our most productive Te since the heady days of Eric Green or Ferrel Edmunds...800 yds would put him slightly below a typical Chris Chamber season...

 

oh, i am chill.

 

ok, so we're all in agreement that fasano is no where near gates' level

 

Yes,

But I'm also in agreement that he's been arguably our most productive player this season who has been more than adequate in blocking situations and is on pace to put up numbers that rival the best TE's in the league. And he's like 25 years old

....for a 4th round pick

I'll take that value ALL DAY

 

here we go again....:no:

He has played 3 games. And one of them he did not exist. How can anyone possibly go by 2 games of production to claim he's gonna put up huge numbers? I like the way he has played. But lets not get ahead of ourselves. This is why Chambers and McMike never lived up to the fans expectations. Because we see little hints of greatness, and we fast forward expecting the players to keep up. When I see Fasano step it up with some grabs in double coverage on third down, then I'll be impressed. But he hasn't done anything against even one good defense.

 

If you had highlighted the whole thought then he was comparing Gates' worth to the Bolts a few yrs ago compared to Fasano's worth to us at this point...I know it's rather ticky-tacky, but he said like a Gates, not like Gates...makes a difference, at least as you read it...

"a fasano at this point in time is our best receiver by far, for us he is like a gates for the chargers a couple of years ago, just the go to guy.

I thought that was our best trade this offseason, the fasano/ayodele trade was better then the lbook/s murphy trade for us at the moment.

Not a beast, just the guy with one eye in the land of the blind receiving corps..

 

Yeah, totally agree! Really weird too because I noticed him last preseason and talked to a Cowboy fan friend about him. I even said that I wouldn't mind having him on the Dolphins... Weird when those things happen, especially when you get a guy with his potential and a descent LB with one 4th rounder!

 

Prior to the Dolphins game, New England was perceived by ALL to have a top 5 defense and Fasano did very well against them.

His blocking against New England was FAR above average against a top 3 front 7 defense. There were several plays where he was put at LT and didn't get blown up once against Warren or Seymour. He held all of his blocks better than David Martin or Randy McMichael could ever imagine.

And remember that against the Jets he was our ONLY source of offense.

Yes, I agree, it's still too early to bring out the annointing oil. But the guy has been real good for us so far and on a team that hasn't had too many bright spots in the past few years he certainly looks like he could be one.

I'm pretty confident he'll be a big part of this offense for a few years at least and I'm one of the more negative fans.

 

This trade could well turn out to be the best single trade made by this team in 20 years. Gotta love getting a starting TE and starting LB for 1 lousy 4th round pick. This was highway robbery IMO, and finally we were the ones doing the robbing for a change.

 

Fasano's blocking was good, but David Martin had the best game as a blocker from a Dolphins TE in a long time. Like Hunter Goodwin long time. On basically every one of those "Wildcat" formation plays he lined up at H-Back and was responsible for sealing Mike Vrabel, or on the pass play, running interference.

He actually knocked Vrabel on his *** a couple of times.

 

wow, talk about getting picky. when he said 'a gates', i assumed the 'a' stood for Antonio. That changes everything......

















NOT!