With the preseason concluding and rosters trimmed down to 53 players, there’s always at least a mild surprise or two. I noted in snap counts after Week 2 of the preseason that it was intriguing how Buffalo Bills tight end Quintin Morris got the start ahead of Tommy Sweeney and O.J. Howard with the absence of Dawson Knox. This point of intrigue—as I called it—was pretty prophetic as Howard was released with Morris sticking on the roster. The second-year man has gone from undrafted to on the roster of a Super Bowl contender. Let’s check in on Morris against the Carolina Panthers in Preseason Week 3
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For our first look at Quintin Morris, he sets the block up on the opponent’s shoulder and allows him to continue moving left, which is of course away from where the run is going.