Rivaldo Fairweather

Staying on the offensive side of the ball we come to our first transfer in for this cycle and kind of signaled that Freeze and staff weren’t here to frick around.

I’m not certain we needed a TE but we don’t have an explosive TE in the room. Just look at what Bowers does at UGA or any number of TEs on Sundays in the NFL to show how important an explosive pass catching TE can be to moving the chains and making a difference in games.

I’m not exactly sure what to make of Fairweather. He’s definitely has good hands but I don’t see him being like Evan Engram as many have tried to say. Maybe I’m wrong. I don’t see him like Pitts from UF either. He improves the room with his pass catching ability but being a key component like we hope for might not happen. I have a feeling safeties and linebackers are gonna be a little more difficult to get work in against in SEC but we should target him enough to keep things open for the other parts of the offense. Maybe I’m too low on Fairweather and hope I am but currently I see him in a dog fight with Deal. Whichever can be more flexible in the run game might be the difference. At this time I expect Deal to be the starter and Fairweather to push the room to be better route runners. Ducker and Fairweather need to team up and push each other since they are similar players. This is how bringing in experienced players is supposed to work. I want to see great competition at this spot and will be an interesting position to keep an eye on in the spring.