It seems like the search for a durable solution at tight end has been years in the making for the Redskins. Both Jordan Reed and Vernon Davis were key contributors - when they were healthy - but unfortunately neither could be counted on for reliable performance for at least the past couple of years. After Reed’s preseason, season-ending, concussion, and Davis’ subsequent early season exist, third-year tight end Jeremy Sprinkle had the opportunity to show off his stuff. It turns out he doesn’t have much stuff.
With the Sprinkle experiment strewn in shards of glass and foaming reagents across the lab room floor, Hale Hentges - an UDFA poached off the Colts’ practice squad - got four late season starts and showed himself to be potential TE3 material, with the capacity to move into TE2 territory with some seasoning.