Tight end is a hybrid position on the offence, big enough to block the defense but athletic enough to catch some passes. They were viewed as being better athletes, viewed as having better hands. Because all of a sudden these special teams coaches were back. Theyre actually timing snaps. Nobody timed snaps in the sixties and seventies,. All of a sudden they were timing snaps. In the eighties. The reason coaches started timing the snaps is that they want to get the ball back to the kicker as fast as possible so there's no chance of a kick being blocked. But as rich mckay was saying, size was also important. And absolutely, i do not know if your