Packer Roster 2018 - Tight Ends

Aaron Rodgers with a good tight end - good things happen!

Two years ago Jared Cook and Aaron Rodgers started to do some special things & for some crazy reason the Packers let Cook walk?

Last year Martellus Bennett was supposed to be that tight end & he was a disaster! Plus he quit on the team!

This year, we pick up Jimmy Graham and Mercedes Lewis!  What will happen????

Jimmy Graham - 6'7" & 265 lbs - Year 9

Mercedes Lewis - 6'6" & 267 lbs - Year 13

Lance Kendricks - 6'3" & 250 lbs - Year 8

Emanuel Byrd - 6'2" & 240 lbs - Year 1

Robert Tonyan - 6'5" & 237 lbs - Year 1

Kevin Rader - 6'4" & 250 lbs - Rookie

Ryan Smith - 6'4" - 257 lbs - Rookie

Jimmy Graham has had a good career and could finish with Aaron Rodgers as his QB!  What would most Tight End's love?  This!  He is a BIG target!  A red zone dream.  A middle of the field dangerous target!! He is more wide receiver than tight end.  Without Jordy roaming the field this could be the "MAN"!

Mercedes Lewis has a lot of mileage on those wheels!  He is a great blocker!  That would complement Graham & serve as another big tight end, middle of the field target!  Could you see Graham on one side & Lewis on the other, with Rodgers dropping back.  Sprinkle in Adams, Cobb, and Montgomery coming out of the back field?  How do you cover that!!!

Now keep one or two more! Lance Kendrick is another great veteran!  We have heard good things about Emanuel Byrd. Other options Robert Tonyan, Ryan Smith & Kevin Rader??

Some interesting facts on Emanuel Byrd:
Was a four-year starter at QB at Albany (Ga.) High School...Also lettered in basketball, baseball and track in high school…Worked with the Boys and Girls Club in West Virginia while at Marshall as well as in his home state of Georgia

Robert Tonyan:
Attended McHenry (Ill.) High School-East Campus, where he lettered two years each in football and basketball…Was an all-conference selection as a QB following his junior and senior seasons…Set the school’s career record for passing yards (5,000)…Also attended Marian Central Catholic High School (Woodstock, Ill.) as a freshman…Volunteers at the Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation, supporting people with cystic fibrosis…Sister, Danielle, played volleyball at Bowling Green State

Ryan Smith:
Attended Fenwick (Oak Park, Ill.) High School, where he was a first-team all-conference selection after a 50-catch, 11-TD season as a senior…Was a team captain as a senior…Also lettered three years in rugby…Has volunteered as a coach at his high school during his free time…His grandfather, the late Johnny Lattner, won the 1953 Heisman Trophy as a running back at Notre Dame and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame…Was a high school teammate of Titans LB Robert Spillane

Kevin Rader:
A two-year letterwinner at defensive end, wide receiver and tight end at Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.) High School…Has volunteered with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund…Was a caddy at a local golf course while in high school…Lives in Pittsburgh, Pa

This year I expect BIG things from the tight end position!  And my bold prediction, this position will help Aaron Rodgers to a MVP season!!!