As part of his ongoing series “Tight End Days”, Tyler Dunne of Go Long sat down with Detroit Lions’ tight end T.J. Hockenson to discuss any and all things tight end.
From a high-level perspective, we have come a long way in terms of how we view tight ends. It wasn’t all that long ago when they were thought of as extra tackles. For the most part, their first duty was to be a good blocker, and if you could catch a pass or two in the red zone, that was just considered gravy.