Replacing Jordan Reed won't be easy

Freshman tight end Kent Taylor will be counted on heavily to replace Jordan Reed in the passing game.

Florida will have to replace junior tight end Jordan Reed, who is entering the NFL Draft. It won't be easy, with almost no proven tight ends on the roster.

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Florida will have to replace junior tight end Jordan Reed, who is entering the NFL Draft. It won't be easy, with almost no proven tight ends on the roster.

This post was edited by Thomas Goldkamp on 1/4/2013 at 8:48 PM
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Really wish A.C Leonard and Gerald Christian were around. The tight ends need to step up in the offseason.
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Has Reed announced he's going pro?
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This thread should be called "Jordan Reed's Entry to the Draft and What it Means."
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I know at least one service called Thompson the #1 TE in 2012 (another named Taylor), Charlie Cheesburger loved him and I love his attitude and love for Gator Nation (favorite player on Twitter). However isn't he primarily a blocker who many think will grow into an OL?
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Where is Reed projected to go?
Granted he was our leading receiver but his game could use a lot of work and I just don't see him going in the early rounds of the draft..
His size, speed and hands are all suspect by NFL standards (imo).
Guy could use another year at UF and we could use him for another year!
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It will be unnoticed and forgotten by week 2. 2 pure TE ready to go and will play at his level right away. Not a knock on Reed but he was new to the pos. And a new OC. The new guys know the pos, have played it and will be I'n yr. 2 with OC and scheme. Both guys are very bright and football smart and have picked up much more and much faster then the previous QB playing TE.
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gatornate10 said...
It will be unnoticed and forgotten by week 2.

Highly doubt that. You don't just lose your top target in the passing game and have him fully replaced by Week 2 when you have tight ends on the roster that have totaled four catches in college.
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Love the new thread name
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Thomas Goldkamp said...
Highly doubt that. You don't just lose your top target in the passing game and have him fully replaced by Week 2 when you have tight ends on the roster that have totaled four catches in college.

We have no choice.
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Wait, is Reed going pro?
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TWGator said...
Wait, is Reed going pro?

I still haven't figured out if you're joking or not.
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GreenNScaly said...
Where is Reed projected to go?
Granted he was our leading receiver but his game could use a lot of work and I just don't see him going in the early rounds of the draft..
His size, speed and hands are all suspect by NFL standards (imo).
Guy could use another year at UF and we could use him for another year!

Bigger and faster than Chico and see how that is working out for NE.
His hands could use some work but SF fixed that with VD with practice and coaching.
I know we all want Reed to stay around but this is best for him. Reed is what the NFL is about in the passing game.
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Bigger and faster than Chico and see how that is working out for NE.
His hands could use some work but SF fixed that with VD with practice and coaching.
I know we all want Reed to stay around but this is best for him. Reed is what the NFL is about in the passing game.

You can fix VD with practice and coaching, I always heard that it took penicillin?
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You can fix VD with practice and coaching, I always heard that it took penicillin?

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Thomas Goldkamp said...
Highly doubt that. You don't just lose your top target in the passing game and have him fully replaced by Week 2 when you have tight ends on the roster that have totaled four catches in college.

I agree. I think between Clay and Kent we will find what we need but no way one or both of them step in and replace what Jordan did by the first two weeks of next season
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Hope Jordan is a high round draft pick.
We is a great Gator and was our best QB when the opportunity arose.
Sure wish we could have seen a few TE option passes out of him this year.
That said his game needs work to make it in the League.
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I totally botched this thread. What I meant to say was "Jordan Reed leaving opens up No. 11 and makes it a certainty that Florida will land Demarcus Robinson."
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