Pass Catching Quotes

I think I have great hands out of the backfield.

Like most tight ends I was a pass-receiving tight end coming into the league.

I think you have to have a high football IQ. Obviously, you have to have the physical ability to run fast and get open. But you also have to have a high football IQ.

Receivers have always dropped a lot of balls.

Usually, you have one blocking, one catching tight end.

Being around a couple good tight ends in my history, both in Philadelphia and Carolina, namely in Chad Lewis and then in Greg Olsen, you see how that helps a young quarterback whether he becomes a security blanket, he can turn a five-yard completion into a 15-yard gain.

I think I'd be a good pass-catching fullback.

You can't be a tight end and just be viewed as a receiver.

Tight ends, third down, and the red zone is where you kind of need to stand out to be a very good tight end in this league.

One of your best tools is being able to catch the football. But I think you can throw all that out the window when the ball is in the air.

I'm not one of those typical receivers who's like a robot in the slot or outside.

Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball and block in the run game.

I've split out, played receiver, I've been a fullback, I've been in-line.

Something I really pride myself on is not just being a running back that can catch the ball but if I move out to the slot, I become a receiver.

You want to be able to run seam routes and do all that, but to have something that you can hang your hat on and know that it's going to convert first downs, that's what tight ends are paid to do. And I've certainly taken a lot of pride in that over the years.