So much about the game of football comes down to timing, whether it’s in the orientation of routes and passes or blocking patterns, blitzes, disguising coverages, or simply getting off the snap. More than timing, there has to be a rapport, a chemistry between players to get the most out of a group.
At least in the opinions of certain quarterbacks and tight ends, those two positions have a special relationship that makes it more conducive to building those bonds, as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ tight end, Pat Freiermuth, and his former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, explained.
“It’s easier for them to build a relationship because all tight ends are a pretty similar speed; we all have similar traits as opposed to a receiver like George [Pickens] or ‘Tae [Diontae Johnson]”, Freiermuth said on the last episode of Roethlisberger’s Footbahlin podcast.