Antonio Gates Rumors & News

San Diego Chargers' Antonio Gates wipes his face as teammate King Dunlap gets a drink during unusually hot weather at the teams' OTA's in San Diego, Monday, May 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

In an NFL filled with former collegiate dual-sport-stars such as Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, and Jimmy Graham he Baltimore Ravens hope to add another name to the list of basketball players who transformed into football-stars by signing Ole Miss power forward, Murphy Holloway. Murphy is a 6-7, 250lb physical specimen who averaged close to a double-double last year for Ole Miss. Due to being undersized for a power forward he's received very little attention for a future in the NBA. His height and athleticism has made him an extremely tantalizing prospect for NFL scouts, however. The on...

Jeff Saturday, Gary Brackett, Arian Foster, Fred Jackson, Wes Welker, James Harrison, Antonio Gates. Just a few players that went undrafted that made (and some still make) significant contributions to their teams. Even after the seven rounds of drafting are complete, front offices around the league are just getting started for the evening. Tonight we'll see anywhere from 8 to 15 players signed by every team, finalizing rosters before mini-camps begin. The Colts will assuredly be busy, most likely at both WR and CB, two positions they ignored during the draft. I'm sure they'll be lookin...

Utilizing a tight end solely for blocking has quickly become a thing of the past. NFL teams are looking for bigger, faster tight end prospects who can be used as an extra receiver, and create match-up nightmares all over the field. Players like Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates are the best to do it in recent memory, while others like Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham look to be the heir(s) apparent. Let’s have a glance at the Top Tight Ends [by rec. yards] over the past five years: Tight End Year Rec’s Yards TD’s Jason Witten 2012 110 1,039 3 Rob Gr...

Signature Stats: YPRR - Tight Ends - Michael RennerThe Bottom 10 is littered with blocking or No. 2 tight ends, as only Antonio Gates and Rob Housler ran routes on more than half of their snaps. Signature Stats: YPRR - Running Backs - Michael RennerRonnie Brown was the consummate third-down back this season, and joined Sproles as the only two backs to have more targets than carries. Philip Rivers was in love with the check down all year and targeted Brown on 25.7% of his routes (teammate Ryan Mathews was targeted on 30.1%, the highest in the league). Signature Stats: First Downs Allowe...