Thread: What are your expectations for Noah Fant's rookie season?

Originally Posted by Ziggy

One of those reports might be mine Joe, but don't write him off yet. Some players are gamers, and just don't do well in practice. I'm hoping that's the case with the rookie. Maybe when the lights come on he'll start making a name for himself. He should get plenty of time in the preseason.

Oh, I'm not writing him off. Just the early reports out of camp were about him turning heads. The reports since have been less than stellar.

I have high hopes.

Tight ends are notoriously slow to develop. I’d love to see him with a high yards per catch average even if he only catches 30 receptions. Willing blocking and yearly improvement would be a win. A 3rd year breakout will be awesome. Just in time for him to pull a Julius Thomas and go to the highest bidder.

to grow a trunk

Originally Posted by sneakers

to grow a trunk

hi, sneaks. . . you're basing this expectation on what, exactly?

Originally Posted by dogfish

hi, sneaks. . . you're basing this expectation on what, exactly?

Elephant.

Noahphant.

30-35 catches 4-6 TD. Flacco will target him more as the season goes on. Again he is bigger faster and more athletic than sutton who is no slouch.

Right now i would just settle for him catching the ball.

He looked pretty good as a blocker Thursday night.

Just make something of an impact of offense and stay healthy.

Next week, against the Seahawks, Lock and Fant are gonna light it up.

Maybe he already has a trunk.

#OrsonMobley

Originally Posted by dogfish

discuss. . .

Kid must be a dude. Dude must play and completely own his position. No half measures. I give him mid-season but if he's still questionable by then, he should be sacrificed to the greater Broncos pantheon to make the team better.

I think the kid is a dude, so all good.

Originally Posted by Ground Control

Kid must be a dude. Dude must play and completely own his position. No half measures. I give him mid-season but if he's still questionable by then, he should be sacrificed to the greater Broncos pantheon to make the team better.

I think the kid is a dude, so all good.

If he's not playing great by midseason get rid of him?

Originally Posted by underrated29

Well, we are ineveitelbly going to have injuries from IRman and likely Butt. So he will get more reps than normal just because of that.

I think it is safe to say he will get about 400 yards and 3 tds. People will be calling him a bust. I do not think so. He just needs to learn and we will need a better QB. If he hits 500 yards that is imo a big win. If he can hit 7 tds that is also a huge win.

Basically this. He has all the chance in the world since Jake Butt's career is going the way of Courtney Brown -- every time he tries to play his knees flame up and he has to sit for 2 weeks. That happened to Courtney when he had his bone-on-bone condition in his knees not respond well to micro-fracture surgery. Courtney had to retire. Butt might simply get put back on IR or even just cut.

I would assume they put him on season ending IR and take another look at him next season, but for salary cap reasons they might just cut him.

That opens the door wide for Noah Fant and Jeff Heurman (ha!) and Troy Fumagalli (good luck). The Broncos TE group does not look great.

Fan to Sports-radio Host: "Which one of these guys is the next Zach Ertz?"

Answer: "None of them."

Fant has some work to do, he was responsible for 2 of the 3 loss running plays on that first drive.....his blocking the rest of the way was worse then last week, but this time he caught his first 2 passes....It's going to be a process I think....I worry about this position yet again for the year.