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The tradition of tremendous tight-ends continues.

According to Dave Matter, it appears the staff is looking at burning redshirts for the following players: WR Jerrell Jackson WR Gahn McGaffie TE Andrew Jones TE Michael Egnew OL Dan Hoch DE Jacquies Smith LB Will Ebner LS Beau Brinkley We knew about Ebner and Brinkley, and we all but knew about Jones and Jackson. The others are at least a bit surprising. McGaffie has been doing well, it seems, but at some point you just aren't able to spread the ball around as much as you'd like. And when you add to that the fact that we'll be playing FOUR tight ends...sheesh. I guess the thought is, Coffman approximates Rucker's '07 production and the Egnew/Jones/Jon Gissinger trifecta approximates Coffman's '07 production? Maybe? As for Smith...well...Brian Coulter still isn't healthy (it actually sounds like he's regressed), and I haven't heard Chris Earnhardt's name once all camp. It sounds like there was room for another backup DE in the mix, and Jacquies has drawn quite a few rave reviews.