Just in case you were curious, if we compare Parkinson's 1.85% blown pass block rate the last 3 years to Gerald Everett's rate his final 3 years with the Rams, GE had a 5.38% blown pass block rate.
Davis Allen didn't have as many reps (probably because he wasn't so great at it) but his first 2 years with the Rams, his blown pass block rate was 7.69%. Higbee's career stats are skewed by a couple of seasons when he was playing through injury, so there are large swings between him being arguably the best pass blocking TE in the NFL and years where he's mediocre. His career rate is actually slightly better than Parkinson's. SIS has tracked stats since 2016 and Higbee owns 2 of the top 3 pass blocking seasons ever recorded by SIS for TEs. Some of that might be our scheme, but still, it is one of the reasons Higbee's game is underappreciated. Especially since when Higbee was in the draft, I didn't think he was that great of a blocker. He also had injuries in college, so he turned out to be a very good value pick when on paper it wasn't a slam dunk that he'd be good in the pros.
To illustrate the difference in usage, in 2025, per SIS stats, Parkinson had 4 run blocking plays for every pass blocking play. In contrast, the Rams almost never used Ferguson as a pass blocker. He had about 16 run blocking plays for every pass blocking play. If we call the same plays and didn't have Parkinson or Higbee to pass block, this becomes a big issue. We don't want to use Ferguson or Klare for that role, because every time Ferguson blocks, by definition that means he's not going out on a pass route, which is his forte. To free up Ferguson to run downfield, we need a different TE to serve as the blocker.
Davis Allen didn't have as many reps (probably because he wasn't so great at it) but his first 2 years with the Rams, his blown pass block rate was 7.69%. Higbee's career stats are skewed by a couple of seasons when he was playing through injury, so there are large swings between him being arguably the best pass blocking TE in the NFL and years where he's mediocre. His career rate is actually slightly better than Parkinson's. SIS has tracked stats since 2016 and Higbee owns 2 of the top 3 pass blocking seasons ever recorded by SIS for TEs. Some of that might be our scheme, but still, it is one of the reasons Higbee's game is underappreciated. Especially since when Higbee was in the draft, I didn't think he was that great of a blocker. He also had injuries in college, so he turned out to be a very good value pick when on paper it wasn't a slam dunk that he'd be good in the pros.
To illustrate the difference in usage, in 2025, per SIS stats, Parkinson had 4 run blocking plays for every pass blocking play. In contrast, the Rams almost never used Ferguson as a pass blocker. He had about 16 run blocking plays for every pass blocking play. If we call the same plays and didn't have Parkinson or Higbee to pass block, this becomes a big issue. We don't want to use Ferguson or Klare for that role, because every time Ferguson blocks, by definition that means he's not going out on a pass route, which is his forte. To free up Ferguson to run downfield, we need a different TE to serve as the blocker.
