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Julius Thomas Thoughts

I think Julius Thomas could be a late round sleeper and possibly have a decent year. I'm not saying he should start on anyone's roster as of right now, but as a backup I feel he should have more consideration. Yeah he has Jay Cutler throwing to him, as well there are many other mouths to feed on the team such as Ajayi, Landry, and Parker. Although when The bears had Martellus Bennet through the 2013-2015 season and his stats went

2013: 759 yds and 5TDs 2014: 916 yds and 6TDs 2015: 439 yds and 3TDs (11 games played)

Jay Cutler will give his TE's looks. Another thing to point out is that the bears had Bennet their offensive coordinator was Adam Gase, whom is now the head coach for the Dolphins. I feel that Julius Thomas will get more looks this year with Cutler throwing to him. Especially now since the team will probably be playing 16 games in a row. There could be lighter workload on players. Those are just my thoughts though.

Posted Sep 6, 2017, 7:53 PM UTC

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pumperthruster•

Picking him up off waivers after his week 1 bye

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Jballzs13•

Thomas is nothing more than a red zone target, everyone bashed the broncos for letting him go and he's pretty much been garbage ever since, granted he's landed on some Crappy teams.

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jeffssocks•

When you go from Peyton Manning to Blake Bortles you're going to have some problems. Miami is going to surprise a lot of people this year.

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Jballzs13•

I agree I'm not just talking about stats though, he's a poor in blocker and a below average route runner.

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Animblenavigator•

Aqua Julius is going to make a comeback.

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BecauseFSMatter•

I think you're right on. As a TE going undrafted, he provides a good floor bc of his TD potential. He also is an athletic deep threat up the seams when he's healthy. I would certainly consider him week to week. I would prefer to see how he's utilized in this offense before I start him though. I would much rather start Charles Clay if I need a TE flyer week 1/2. I think his target numbers are much safer than Thomas'.

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xthelastsonx•

I dropped him for Hooper because of bye week 1. I'll think about grabbing him again after this week.

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HuesoT•

If he stays healthy, I think he's easily a top 10 TE. With recent TE performance, numbers like those from 2014 make him borderline top 6-8. He's worth holding as a backup, bye week fill, or trade bait if he does well.

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littlecro•

I get excited about Julius Thomas every year. Then I remember he's on the jags and the jags don't know how to use a receiving tight end. Some teams really just don't. The jags are one of them. Don't bother.

Edit: well I'll be damned. I guess it's time for some Julius. Although I'm not sure Miami knows how to use a te either.

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