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Yeah, but Stokley isn't a TE he's a slot receiver and he's four years older than Boldin. Stats aside, Boldin already knew the offense and had played with Flacco for years. Tight end or not, we all knew Pitta was the common assumption to take over as our possession guy even playing more out of the slot. I think not having Pitta would have meant Boldin finished his contract. Spin it how you want, and hindsight is 20/20, but Boldin was a bad move in retrospect. Stokley and Clark are the kind of guys Ozzie would have cut had they been with us, just like Mason and Heap. They are desperation moves, pure and simple.
That being said, I actually do think Stokely could be a good signing as a one year stop gap. Clark gets blown up hard in the head going over the middle once and we might not see him again for a stretch, personally I think he's an idiot not to retire at this point but fuck it, his life.
After the Tampa game I'm hoping LaQuan Williams gets a chance to run with the first team and see what he can do against starting D's the rest of the preseason. He seems to have a mental edge in real situations over Doss/Reed/Thompson. Fursterburg looked promising too, I wonder now which TE's make the roster because its suddenly crowded.
That being said, I actually do think Stokely could be a good signing as a one year stop gap. Clark gets blown up hard in the head going over the middle once and we might not see him again for a stretch, personally I think he's an idiot not to retire at this point but fuck it, his life.
After the Tampa game I'm hoping LaQuan Williams gets a chance to run with the first team and see what he can do against starting D's the rest of the preseason. He seems to have a mental edge in real situations over Doss/Reed/Thompson. Fursterburg looked promising too, I wonder now which TE's make the roster because its suddenly crowded.
