Clay out for the year, is it Egnew time?

Dec. 18 News and Notes 3 comments ---Bill

The Miami Dolphins announced on Monday that one of their starting tight ends has been lost for the season, due to an injury.  Charles Clay will miss the final two games of the Dolphins 2012 season, but the big question is whether or not Michael Egnew will replace him.  Clay caught 18 passes for 218 yards and 2 touchdowns this season, but many expected him to play a bigger role in the offense.  Some expected this to be the breakout year for Clay and hoped that he would provide an alternative for Anthony Fasano this offseason.  Fasano is set to become a free agent in March and the Dolphins only have 3 other tight ends on the roster:  Clay, Egnew, and Mastrud.  Mastrud is used primarily as a blocker, Clay is hurt and inconsistent, and Egnew hasn’t dressed for a game yet this season.

Photo by Ed Yourdon (Wikipedia)

Photo by Ed Yourdon (Wikipedia)

Now that Clay is officially out for the remainder of the season, will it be Egnew time?  It may be, but we’ll know for sure on Sunday when the Dolphins welcome in the Bills to Sun Life Stadium.  Egnew was selected in the 3rd round of the 2012 draft and was expected to be a receiving threat similar to Aaron Hernandez of the Patriots.  He was expected to be another playmaker for Ryan Tannehill to throw to.  Ironically, Egnew was selected with one of the third round picks acquired from the Bears in exchange for the Dolphins old playmaker, Brandon Marshall.  (cont’d on page 2, click below)

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  • Miami Jules

    I’m not sure I see Clay as inconsistent, since he didn’t even line up enough to establish that in my humble… I don’t think Eggnew (or Eggnog as he’s known around my house) is ready or he is just an outright bust…so far, I see him as the latter but I need to give him the benefit since he has been inactive… just a hunch.
    I say, use Layne in that position and have him block and catch screen passes which we should be using more of and see if our O-line can pull that off and hold their own in run blocking in a screen set up.

  • Big J

    Egnew had less than 5 YAC for all the catches I watched (10+). He didn’t break a single tackle either. Outside of a nice sideline catch, and a nice, but routine seam route, I saw nothing spectacular, or even above average out of those highlights. I saw a slow looking tight end that couldn’t outrun linebackers across the middle, he’s slow out of his breaks, and his blocking is terrible. It would be one thing if he were a willing blocker and just bad at it, but he looks like he has no interest in blocking whatsoever. He holds blocks for all of 1 1/2 seconds, won’t bend his knees, and gets pushed around by smaller players.

    I was somewhat excited about the pic at first, but after watching this montage, it’s painfully obvious his stats were inflated. He’s great at catching 6 yards passes. While I am not ready to throw in the towel on him, there were decent WR’s available at this point in draft (pick 78). This was a luxury that we didn’t need, especially after trading Mr. Borderline Personality Disorder (who has over 100 catches). I wonder if he will get the Clyde Gates treatment next year?? If S. Ross hasn’t seen enough, he must be crazy, because it would be crazy/pathetic/tragic to let Jeff Ireland waste the 5 picks we have in the first 3 rounds next year!

  • Irish phin

    Anything that helps us win. I know we shouldn’t talk about it but I can’t help but think, you know we just might sneak into the PLAYOFFS. Why not dream a little, there are only 2 games left in the regular season, Buffalo should be beaten at home and Pit should beat the Bengals, probably! The last set of games though don’t look favourable but who knows. My point is, let’s try and keep in the hunt, play our best team against the Bills and see what happens. This is not a garbage game to try out guys like Egnew, ths is a game we must win and play it like it is a playoff game. Go phins