{"id":63506,"date":"2021-03-16T11:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=63506"},"modified":"2021-08-30T06:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T06:35:53","slug":"lazar-hunter-henry-and-jonnu-smith-make-a-perfect-tight-end-pairing-for-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/lazar-hunter-henry-and-jonnu-smith-make-a-perfect-tight-end-pairing-for-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazar: Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith Make a Perfect Tight End Pairing for Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Patriots made another splash in free agency by signing tight end Hunter Henry to a three-year, $37.5 million deal, according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Henry will join free-agent addition Jonnu Smith in New England\u2019s tight end room, harkening back to the Rob Gronkowski-Aaron Hernandez duo the Patriots had from 2010-2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"BREAKING NEWS: Patriots Sign TE Hunter Henry\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JBjIhRZ1Lio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In fact, it was Gronkowski and Hernandez&#8217;s successful years together that convinced New England\u2019s new tandem that the Pats could build an offense around both tight ends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Smith as a versatile move tight end that\u2019s excellent after the catch, Henry is more of a traditional \u201cY\u201d tight end that wins with excellent route-running technique and box-out ability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Let\u2019s take a peek at Henry\u2019s film over the last two seasons to see what he brings to the Patriots:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Henry\u2019s ability to process coverage during his routes and win with body positioning allows him to create space for himself at the top of his routes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 55.720%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/geqqwg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here, Henry moves the chains on third down with a stick route or curl. As he heads upfield, he sees the deep safety over the top hedging an out-breaking route and the linebacker inside of him to run the seam. Henry angles his stem outside to get the linebacker underneath to widen towards the sideline, then gets into the defenders\u2019 space (step on the toes) and cuts underneath to make it an easier throw for Justin Herbert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 55.975%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/k5yfkj\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In this play, Henry beats Vikings safety Harrison Smith downfield for a big-gainer. Once Henry clears the linebacker level, he sees Smith rotating into a post-safety alignment. Instead of simply breaking on the post, Henry angles and takes a jab step to sell a corner route, which gets Smith to react and open his hips towards the corner. With Smith\u2019s hips pointed in the wrong direction, Henry breaks on the post and hauls in the catch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new Pats tight end also brings his route-running ability to the red zone, with 21 career touchdowns in his four healthy seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Along with running routes as an in-line tight end and out of the slot, the Chargers would align Henry at \u201cX\u201d receiver on the backside of the formation to get a one-on-one matchup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 55.858%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/c2uily\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the play above, Henry runs a very savvy slant route to beat the defender. First, Henry uses a basketball-like crossover move at the line (stretch release), getting the defender to put his weight on his outside foot, which opens the inside path upfield. Then, Henry gets physical, running into the defender to overpower the Raiders&#8217; DB and get him off-balance before snapping off the slant for a touchdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 55.230%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/bfyl43\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here\u2019s another example of Henry making life easier on his quarterback by knowing how to attack the coverage. Henry is matched in man coverage with a deep safety once again sitting on a corner route. Instead of curling behind the defender, Henry breaks off his post route underneath the coverage. There\u2019s nobody in the middle of the field with the two split-safeties to help the inside leveraged defender, and it&#8217;s six.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hunter Henry combines an excellent blend of size, speed and quickness, route-running technique, and in-line blocking ability to produce an immediate starter at \u201cY\u201d tight end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next, we\u2019ll go over a few ways that the Patriots could use Henry alongside Jonnu Smith by examining how the Patriots schemed for Gronk and Hernadez back in the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GRONK-HERNANDEZ 2.0?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As we mentioned earlier, the Patriots sold Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith on joining forces by reminding them how productive Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez were in their offense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Let\u2019s take a trip in the way back film machine to see how the Pats will use Henry and Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The famous play call with Gronk and Hernandez that has evolved over the years to fit New England\u2019s personnel is HOSS Y Juke, which started as a route combination out of 12 personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since the Pats haven\u2019t had a tight end with Hernandez\u2019s separation quickness at the top of routes, it became HOSS Z Juke with Julian Edelman on the juke series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now, both Henry and Smith have the athleticism and technique to torture defenses on the juke series while the other runs the seam to stretch the defense between the numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 74.220%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/o6ou7r\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here\u2019s the play in action with Gronk and Hernandez. On the left side of the formation, Gronk\u2019s seam route and the outside receiver&#8217;s vertical release allow Hernandez to break off the inside leveraged linebacker for an easy completion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another way the Patriots loved to use Gronk and Hernandez was out of \u201cnub\u201d formations where the two tight ends were the furthest receivers out to one side of the formation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 73.859%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/2llmis\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Patriots get a long touchdown to Hernandez by running both tight ends on vertical routes in this play. The defense is in cover-two, meaning there\u2019s only one safety over the top on that side of the field. The deep safety can only stay over the top of one of the vertical routes and picks Gronk\u2019s seam route, which leaves Hernandez wide-open down the right sideline for six.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 73.913%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/zpf5pg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here\u2019s another Patriots staple called high-low crossers that New England ran out of a nub set. This time, Gronk and Hernandez cross the field at different levels of the defense. Gronk\u2019s route pulls the defenders upfield, giving Hernandez space to operate on the shallow crosser, and he gets loose in the open field for some major YAC. Henry in Gronk\u2019s place with Smith on the shallow cross? Hell yes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 62.500%;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/o5r201\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lastly, we could also see the Patriots line up Jonnu Smith in the backfield as they did with Hernandez and have him run routes against linebackers from that alignment. Gronk&#8217;s vertical release clears out the flat for Hernandez&#8217;s route, and it&#8217;s an easy six yards on first down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Pats have experience running their offense through two tight ends, and with their potent rushing attack and massive offensive line, the pieces complement each other perfectly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We are talking all kinds of play-action schemes, seams, crossers at different levels, Smith and Henry all over the formation, and more; Josh McDaniels will have some fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">BIG QUARTERBACK TRADE INCOMING?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The last piece to New England\u2019s rebuild is addressing a long-term answer at the quarterback position. After filling several holes in free agency, that became much easier for Belichick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And I don\u2019t think the Patriots are done adding at non-quarterback positions with a running back and maybe another defensive player (Kyle Van Noy?) as potential targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With their available cap space tied up in free-agent additions to improve other areas of the roster, it feels like the Patriots will use their draft capital to make a move at quarterback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Although the team is bringing back Cam Newton, I wouldn\u2019t rule out a trade for a veteran quarterback (Jimmy G?), but my preference would be a trade-up in the draft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Pats are following the Chiefs, Bills, or Rams\u2019 blueprints of building out the rest of the roster so that a young quarterback can succeed 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