Michael Gaines, TE Lions, why the love ? (1 Viewer)

[SwampDawg]

Seems like a very odd choice to have rated 8th on the cheat sheets. I went in to look at some bye week fillers for Cooley and saw this guy and can honestly say I hadn't even heard of him. He had a decent game last week but has no TD's, is Jax known to be bad against TE's ?

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

Gaines is OK, he's been the starter all year. He had a crucial fumble at the end of the game when the Lions had some time on the clock aorund mid field.

I'm not sure why the love, he's nothing special, my guess is he'll slip down the rankings after they're tweaked.

I was on the phone with my buddy the other day and the topic of Gaines came up. I asked him who he thought was the best Lions TE in the last 25 years and we both couldn't come up with anyone we thought deserves that title alone.

It's absolutely amazing at the garbage the Lions have put at TE as far as receiving skills the last 20 to 30 years.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

cowboy I thouht Sloan had great receving skills but couldnt stay healthy

 

[puckalicious]

I don't recall the Lions ever utilizing the TE position as an offensive weapon, regardless of coach/GM.

Did some digging, here are the top 10 Lions TE fantasy totals:

NAME POS YR AGE EXP G REC RECYD YD/REC RECTD FANT PT 1 Jim Gibbons te 1964 28 7 14 45 605 13.44 8 108.50 2 Charlie Sanders te 1970 24 3 14 40 544 13.60 6 90.40 3 David Hill te 1978 24 3 16 53 633 11.94 4 87.30 4 Charlie Sanders te 1976 30 9 13 35 545 15.57 5 84.50 5 Charlie Sanders te 1969 23 2 14 42 656 15.62 3 83.60 6 David Sloan te 1999 27 5 16 47 591 12.57 4 83.10 7 David Sloan te 2001 29 7 14 37 409 11.05 7 82.90 8 Charlie Sanders te 1971 25 4 13 31 502 16.19 5 80.20 9 David Hill te 1979 25 4 16 47 569 12.11 3 74.90 10 Jim Gibbons te 1960 24 3 12 51 604 11.84 2 72.40

It's been a TE fantasy wasteland in Detroit since David Sloan, and even he was mediocre.

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

cowboy I thouht Sloan had great receving skills but couldnt stay healthy

Ya, that's who we thought of (we being my buddy and I) and you're right, he just couldn't stay on the field. That's pretty sad that you're best TE in the last 30 years is David Sloan.

 

[Bri]

I don't recall the Lions ever utilizing the TE position as an offensive weapon, regardless of coach/GM.Did some digging, here are the top 10 Lions TE fantasy totals:

NAME POS YR AGE EXP G REC RECYD YD/REC RECTD FANT PT 1 Jim Gibbons te 1964 28 7 14 45 605 13.44 8 108.50 2 Charlie Sanders te 1970 24 3 14 40 544 13.60 6 90.40 3 David Hill te 1978 24 3 16 53 633 11.94 4 87.30 4 Charlie Sanders te 1976 30 9 13 35 545 15.57 5 84.50 5 Charlie Sanders te 1969 23 2 14 42 656 15.62 3 83.60 6 David Sloan te 1999 27 5 16 47 591 12.57 4 83.10 7 David Sloan te 2001 29 7 14 37 409 11.05 7 82.90 8 Charlie Sanders te 1971 25 4 13 31 502 16.19 5 80.20 9 David Hill te 1979 25 4 16 47 569 12.11 3 74.90 10 Jim Gibbons te 1960 24 3 12 51 604 11.84 2 72.40

It's been a TE fantasy wasteland in Detroit since David Sloan, and even he was mediocre.

Sanders was a very good TE

 

[Bri]

I don't recall the Lions ever utilizing the TE position as an offensive weapon, regardless of coach/GM.

Did some digging, here are the top 10 Lions TE fantasy totals:

NAME POS YR AGE EXP G REC RECYD YD/REC RECTD FANT PT 1 Jim Gibbons te 1964 28 7 14 45 605 13.44 8 108.50 2 Charlie Sanders te 1970 24 3 14 40 544 13.60 6 90.40 3 David Hill te 1978 24 3 16 53 633 11.94 4 87.30 4 Charlie Sanders te 1976 30 9 13 35 545 15.57 5 84.50 5 Charlie Sanders te 1969 23 2 14 42 656 15.62 3 83.60 6 David Sloan te 1999 27 5 16 47 591 12.57 4 83.10 7 David Sloan te 2001 29 7 14 37 409 11.05 7 82.90 8 Charlie Sanders te 1971 25 4 13 31 502 16.19 5 80.20 9 David Hill te 1979 25 4 16 47 569 12.11 3 74.90 10 Jim Gibbons te 1960 24 3 12 51 604 11.84 2 72.40

It's been a TE fantasy wasteland in Detroit since David Sloan, and even he was mediocre.

Sanders was a very good TE

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