The blocking thing is relative. He is still more of a flex TE who can block a little than a a Jason Witten/Hunter Henry type of player.
By today's standard, McKitty is a good blocker. He is OK. He makes good inital contact, but kinda sucks at sustaining at all. The important thing is the guy at least tries. So many college TE just kinda half-ass it, so the fact that he is trying means with pro coaching, he will do a better job of sustaining and keeping his feet moving. I don't think he is ever going to be a dominant point of attack guy, but he can set the edge and get the RB to the corner, and has the quickness to make the outside zone work. This is another thing that all college TE needs to get better at, just like all college DL need to get better with their hand use.
College TE a few years ago where much better blockers. Older NFL TE are much better blockers. But colleges don't produce guys who can block much anymore, so it is harder and harder to find guys who can block at all. McKitty, like most college TE is mostly a big WR, who sometimes lines up inside and is sometimes asked to do TE stuff. That is how colleges ask their TE to play, so it is not much of a surprise that most of them have horrible technique.
By today's standard, McKitty is a good blocker. He is OK. He makes good inital contact, but kinda sucks at sustaining at all. The important thing is the guy at least tries. So many college TE just kinda half-ass it, so the fact that he is trying means with pro coaching, he will do a better job of sustaining and keeping his feet moving. I don't think he is ever going to be a dominant point of attack guy, but he can set the edge and get the RB to the corner, and has the quickness to make the outside zone work. This is another thing that all college TE needs to get better at, just like all college DL need to get better with their hand use.
College TE a few years ago where much better blockers. Older NFL TE are much better blockers. But colleges don't produce guys who can block much anymore, so it is harder and harder to find guys who can block at all. McKitty, like most college TE is mostly a big WR, who sometimes lines up inside and is sometimes asked to do TE stuff. That is how colleges ask their TE to play, so it is not much of a surprise that most of them have horrible technique.
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