After years in the dark, but the Colorado Buffaloes have finally understood the value of a good tight end. A season after the Buffs had six catches by tight ends (!), the Buffaloes have shifted from Darrin Chiaverini’s spread to Jay Johnson’s pistol offense.
As Jack Barsch wrote when Johnson was hired (seriously, go read that if you haven’t yet), Johnson’s offense requires good tight end play, both in blocking and receiving. In recent years, the Buffs have had great blocking tight ends, but have nary have they thrown to them a pass.
The Buffs have great tight end depth all of the sudden.