As I noted this morning, the Atlanta Falcons put together a pretty solid group at tight end in 2018. Austin Hooper, Eric Saubert and Logan Paulsen are hardly an elite trio, but they blocked well, Hooper and to a lesser extent Paulsen produced, and for the first time in many moons tight end didn’t seem like sort of a liability. That’s encouraging.
Now the Falcons have to head into the offseason with some decisions to make at the position, however minor they may seem. Austin Hooper is virtually locked in as a starter unless the Falcons surprisingly decide to invest a first or second day draft pick at tight end, which feels like it’s unlikely in the extreme.