'17 TX TE Brock Wright (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

[clashmore_mike]

TD #2 on the day

 

[Irishnuke]

Big day for former ND TEs, at least TD wise

 

[dublinirish]

Lions trading Hock has been great for Brock


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[INLaw]

Can you imagine what level of teammate Brock was while here to never hear a frustrated tweet or any issue for a future nfl contributor as he just played his roll and did his job. Also it was having that level of 2nd and 3rd tight end that led to so many years of 12 and 13 personal.

 

[dublinirish]

Hope he gets paid this off-season he’s probably on very minimum salary too


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[notredomer23]

Brock Wright | NFL Contracts & Salaries | Spotrac.com

Brock Wright signed a 3 year, $12,000,000 contract with the Detroit Lions, including $3,545,000 signing bonus, $4,600,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $4,000,000. In 2025, Wright will earn a base salary of $1,170,000, a signing bonus of $2,225,000 and a workout bonus of...

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$825K guaranteed.

They should reward him with a decent contract this offseason

 

[CanadalovesND]

He's an exclusive rights free-agent after this season, so he'll probably get tendered at a lower rate, likely over $1 million.

He hasn't shown enough to get any sort of long term deal with much of a pay raise. Likely to be on a tendered "prove-it" deal next year.

 

[dublinirish]

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[beryirish]

Good for him to be in this position. Goes to show you that you don't have to be flashy and put up big numbers to hit it big in the League. You just have to do your job and be a team player.

 

[dublinirish]

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[Rizzophil]

Anyone have details about the contract figures

 

[dublinirish]

Detroit beats guys don’t think Lions will match


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[IA4irish]

Major props to wright for the nfl career he has had. I think we obviously could’ve used him a lot more at ND

 

[BobbyMac]

Did he pick the right school? (Easy boys! I'm talkin football development / snaps only)

Spent his career in the shadow of 2 of the best college TE's in the past decade & Tommy Tremble + a program who leaned on big Flex like WR's who limit the targets of the #2/#3 TE's.

Probably a player who's the 2-3 year guy at the vast majority of schools and develops his receiving game much better.

Thoughts?

 

[IrishSanDiego]

Did he pick the right school? (Easy boys! I'm talkin football development / snaps only)

Spent his career in the shadow of 2 of the best college TE's in the past decade & Tommy Tremble + a program who leaned on big Flex like WR's who limit the targets of the #2/#3 TE's.

Probably a player who's the 2-3 year guy at the vast majority of schools and develops his receiving game much better.

Thoughts?

His career in the NFL has largely been due to his success as a blocker, not a primary receiving option. So in that vein, the time spent at ND was incredibly supportive of his development in that area. I would doubt there was another college institution that could have prepared him as well in that manner.

If he had focused on developing as a receiver in college, that would have meant less time developing as a blocker. It also would have meant a thinner frame, which makes the blocking ability even worse. So we keep moving away from the traits that got him to the league. If he had been a receiving focused TE, I think he moves into the classification of jumbo slow WR which nobody wants. To me, his body never looked the fit of a open field dynamo.

If we look at his career to date in the NFL, where he has ample time to work on all the receiving nuances that may not have been seen in college, it still amounts to a whopping 1 reception per game average. His bread and butter was always going to be as a blocker, but its nice to see him rounding out a bit more and finding success.

 

[BobbyMac]

Anyone have details about the contract figures

 

[NDty9]

Go niners baby!!! Love this pick up. Been searching for a TE2 !

 

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[GowerND11]

Seems the Lions are matching the offer.

 

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[Irish#1]

Cha Ching!

 

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[Old Man Mike]

Hate writing this: Closer and closer to the sport becoming prohibitive to engage in for anyone with a long term life view.

Solution? None of course. Direction? Massively higher salaries for anyone playing pro is one option --- the gladiatorial games solution.

The other solution is that only foolish persons or persons with no options throw their health away. (a la Boxing for most participants.)