You can tell by the way I phrased the post title that I don't think much of Oliver Hoyte. I'm not writing Hoyte off because that would be completely unfair. But when I read things like this from a blogger I highly respect, I get a little suspicious (The paragraph breaks are my doing).
Hoyte’s skills as a FB are limited to blocking; he doesn’t present a threat as a ball-carrier or a receiver out of the backfield. Even Hoyte’s main strength, blocking, has flaws. He’s a very willing and physical blocker, and when he hits a defender with proper leverage he can deliver a devastating blow. But too often he fails to find the correct defender to block in order to open a hole and he can also take a bad angle in his blocking that limits the effectiveness of the hit.
You have to credit Hoyte for switching positions and giving it everything he has but his limitations at the position creates problems for the Cowboys offense. I have no confidence that this experiment will last into 2008.
As much as I hate to say it, it appears that we've signed the Cowboys' version of Boomer Grigsby. If the Chiefs draft Owen Schmitt out of West Virginia, both Boomer and Oliver are out at fullback.
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