I agree and disagree with your assessment of Ertz..I dont think he will be Gronk/Graham but I think he is better than Jordan. He is silly athletic for a ...you know
Ertz, like 99% of the really good TE, is a former basketball player..he actually had to be talked out of basketball to concentrate on football. I thought JC was going to be cut to, but JC is a special teams ace and Chip really values that. Unless Brahman and Maragos- come in and clearly supplant Casey as the ST ace, then he stays...I think Chip likes keeping 3-4 TE on the roster.
Jordan Cameron also has a basketball background and compares skill wise to Ertz. He just gets used alot more in that offense (split out wide, etc) cuz they have nothing else.
I forgot about Casey and special teams. Yeah, he's staying because I also think releasing him would create a pile of dead money and not much savings.
@absolut da poet
I'm expecting our defense to be noticeably improved. 2 years into the 3-4 transition, Jenkins manning the secondary and hopefully Wolff is healthy. I also like the fact that our 4th & 5th CBs (Carroll and Watkins) will mount a challenge to the starters eventually.