![]() ![]() Tonyan had the worst possible timing for a torn ACL - in the middle of a somewhat lackluster follow-up campaign to his breakout 2020 and just before he was set to become an unrestricted free agent. How acquired: Signed to practice squad as street free agent in 2017Ģ021 stats: 8 games 18 receptions on 29 targets, 204 yards (11.3 yards per reception), 2 touchdowns 2021 was by Lewis’ biggest receiving season since arriving in Green Bay by a decent margin, though the injury to Tonyan led to a few more targets than usual. ![]() Still the only first-round draft pick to ever catch a touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers (for now, pending Sammy Watkins’ contributions this fall), Lewis remains an elite blocker and a de facto sixth offensive lineman who will occasionally leak out on a route. The venerable veteran returns in 2022 for another run at a ring, coming back to Green Bay for a fifth season after 12 years with the Jacksonville Jaguars. How acquired: Unrestricted free agent signing in 2018Ģ021 stats: 17 games 23 receptions on 28 targets, 214 yards (9.3 yards per reception) Will the Packers find a contributor in this group of intriguing but inexperienced players down the depth chart? That question will start to be answered when training camp begins in 13 days. Meanwhile, Tonyan’s own availability for the start of the season is in question. Maybe the Packers have something in Tyler Davis as an in-line player who can help fill in for Lewis, but to say he is unproven is an understatement. Then again, even when he was healthy, his production was down significantly from a 2020 season that saw him catch nearly 90 percent of his targets - an unsustainable number, to be sure, but not one where simple regression would be responsible for his notable dip in 2021. Perhaps that is why the group as a whole struggled to put forth any major contributions on the stat sheet last season after Tonyan was lost for the year with a torn ACL in week 8. But those skillsets overlap only so much, and the Packers don’t have quality, established backups at any of those spots. Green Bay has its big blocking tight end in Marcedes Lewis, its off-the-line receiving threat in Robert Tonyan, and its wing player who also lines up at fullback in Josiah Deguara. They have one of everything, which could make the potential loss of any one component of the unit a bigger deal than it otherwise might be. The Green Bay Packers’ tight end room feels a bit like the Island of Misfit Toys. ![]()
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