There are people that are questioning what Antonio Gates has left in the tank. I don’t remember the last time that he had zero targets in a game though and that definitely will leave people questioning.
First off, Antonio wasn’t brought back to be the starting tight end on this roster. This team was going to move forward with him and having Hunter Henry and Virgil Green as the starters. They didn’t want to bring back Gates with those two players in front of him on the depth chart.
With Hunter going down, Gates is back, but he is mainly taking on the role as the backup to Virgil Green.