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Still, that doesn't mean the Saints are done throwing to the tight end, as made clear by Payton's consistent offseason praise for young target Josh Hill. Entering his third season, the 6-foot-5, 250-pounder "certainly" will see "more snaps" because of Graham's departure, per Payton, who clarified that Hill is set up to play off the line as the team's "F" target.
The Saints bypassed drafting competition at the position because Payton assured scouts that Hill's measurables were superior to anything coming out of the college ranks, saying: "You look at a 38-inch vertical jump, he's an 11 broad (jump), three-cone, whatever. And the comparables to the top tight ends in the draft a year ago, I said, 'In every category this guy's better.'"
Game Rewind suggests that Hill is a strong fit for how Payton uses his pass-catching tight ends, with the coach calling him "exactly what we're looking for." He's an impressive athlete, something we saw right away last preseason, as Hill wound his way through a laundry list of Rams defenders for after-the-catch real estate:

There's a couple of highlight videos in the linked page.

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Posted by DrewGOATBrees

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:51 pm to BRL79

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Shipping away the most talented player on the offense next to Drew Brees irritated the team's quarterback and left fans wondering if the franchise was ready to shred the roster into pieces.

frick you Sessler

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Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:54 pm to BRL79

i hope he enjoys being Watson's backup

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Posted by Zoltan

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:27 pm to BRL79

"Game Rewind suggests that Hill is a strong fit for how Payton uses his pass-catching tight ends"

Even though they are talking about pre-season, I "Game-rewound" every single Hill catch and target from the regular season the other day.

Not his fault, but almost each TD was a set up play by using decoys. 2 of them were play action wide open little out routes to the right as he was a blocker vs Chicago (same play actually).

One was a deep ball with absolutely no one near him from horrible coverage vs. Minn (granted it was a well designed play).

One vs. Dallas when we were down 31-3. Same little play action out right to the right underneath, started as a blocker. He actually showed pretty good speed in this one to get to the pylon beating the line backers.

Can't remember the last.

But just about every catch he started in the backfield or behind the tackle as a blocker. Some type of mis direction. A short underneath route to him.

What I struggle with, and what concerns me is with how talented Payton makes him out to be, why didn't we see more instances of him lining up in the slot, or more Jimmy -esque routes, especially once Cooks went down.

I'm not an OC, nor am I saying he will suck. But that's where my concerns come from and why I'm not as bullish on him as others are.

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