There are also three linebackers, three wideouts, two quarterbacks, two defensive backs and two tight ends.
Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride, tight ends coach Mike Pope and general manager Jerry Reese never miss a tuna sandwich.
With NFL teams using receivers and tight ends in the 6-foot-6 range, Taylor has a shot to fit in.
As teams de-emphasize the running game, they've been cutting blocking tight ends, and have virtually eliminated the bruising fullback.
In the NFL, that role is being occupied by larger pass-catching tight ends.
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Players say tall tight ends who play with more finesse than previous generations.
New York's safeties often didn't have the speed or agility to keep up with the league's new breed of tight ends.
Fullbacks have largely been replaced by tight ends and other receiving threats.
Opposing tight ends have picked up more than nine yards for every time they're thrown at against the Jets this season, according to Stats LLC.
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Overall, tight ends are accounting for 21.3% of the league's receiving yards this season, up from just 14.7% throughout the 1990s, according to Stats LLC.
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After his first stint on Cleveland's staff, Chudzinski spent two seasons as San Diego's tight ends coach, working with perennial Pro Bowl standout Antonio Gates.
The team's struggle with covering tight ends was grossly on display Sunday, when Philadelphia's Brent Celek lit up New York with five catches for 156 yards.
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Quarterbacks can hit their tight ends if they do feel any pressure, and Brees, Brady and Rogers all have great footwork, which allows them to extend plays.
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Revis sounded like he was frustrated by the tight ends wreaking havoc over the middle of the field so consistently against the defense, but wouldn't blame an individual person.
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The NFL's career leader among tight ends with 1, 242 receptions and 103 touchdowns said he was 95 percent certain he would retire after 2012, but the other 5 percent won out.
Tom Brady remains the steady leader, passing for more than 5, 200 yards in the regular season, but there are fresh targets, including a pair of second-year tight ends, Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski.
Known simply as "Chud, " Chudzinski coached tight ends in Cleveland for Butch Davis in 2004, and then came back to the Browns in 2007 and was offensive coordinator for two seasons under Romeo Crennel.
Since the Browns loss, the Patriots beat the playoff-bound Steelers, Colts, Jets, Bears and Packers, and in the process returned to their roots, with an effective possession-passing game centered around Welker and the two rookie tight ends.
In an era of professional football defined by specialization defensive ends who play only on passing downs, running backs who only catch passes, tight ends whose lone job is to block the Patriots under Belichick have bucked conventional wisdom.
With his size and speed, he has the potential of being that third safety in New York's three-safety defensive package, the one who can play in the box and stop the run or cover those big, quick tight ends downfield.
The Patriots labored without a deep downfield threat who could have opened things up underneath. (Randy Moss, please pick up the red courtesy phone.) As a result, Mr. Brady had no choice but to rely on underneath routes run by slot receiver Wes Welker, Mr. Woodhead and his tight ends.
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