Hayden Hurst

To be perfectly honest, Hurst hasn't been thrown to much by Bryce Young.  When he has, he has made some terrific plays. 

There have been times in the past few games where he was wide open downfield but Bryce wasn't even looking that far in front of himself. 

The one time Hurst was thrown to last game, the ball was way over his head and behind him, so there was no way he could catch it.

This season Hurst has 14 receptions for 116 yards, averaging 8.3 YPC, with a long of 16 yards.  He has scored one TD and six First Downs.

In comparison, Tommy Tremble has 6 receptions for 45 yards, averaging 7.5 YPC, with a long of 21 yards, scoring 2 TDs and 4 First Downs.

Sullivan has 1 reception for 13 yards, averaging 13 yards (total), scoring 0 TDs and 1 First Down.

I'm just saying, it's hard to make plays when you're not part of a play.

EXACTLY -- TRUTH !!!

Hayden Hurst is a fearless receiver and has good hands. We've been talking about him for weeks now. He is just not being allowed into the dynamics of the game. I'm not sure why..??

The "talking head" at The Athletic was careful NOT to quote Hurst as 'saying' anything about his run-blocking. Instead he said that Hurst "indicated" something about run-blocking. An "indication" is open to interpretation. An 'off-the-cuff' comment could be interpreted as an "indication" or not..??

Just saying Hurst is a dynamic TE. And realistically, we don't really need another 'blocking' style of TE. We need a "pass-catching" TE.  Think back to Greg Olsen. Greg was a pass-catcher. Really successful. Was he a "blocker".?? Well, he blocked at times, that's certain. But he wasn't known for his blocking. His role was best described as a "pass-catcher".  We haven't had a successful TE since Greg left. No TE here has been properly incorporated into the offense since then.  Cannot understand it.!!