Watching the first few Cowboys games of 2022, it seems like TE will be a key need this offseason with both Hill and Moreau coming off knee injuries and Johnson a free agent. Moore runs a lot of two TE sets, and also likes to move his TE around the formation to create mismatches. I’ve seen quite a few plays where he’ll have a TE split out as an X receiver in 3x1 sets (with 3WR on the strong side), and that likely won’t be effective without a decent receiving threat at the TE position. He also runs plenty of twin WR sets with two TE opposite. I know with the Eagles he ran more balanced formations to isolate their two receivers, but we don’t have those guys.
I don’t think TE1 needs to be a mauler in the run game since it seems like Moore prefers to run zone weak side. Some of the better strong side runs have been duo and crack toss, where the TE is getting a favorable angle on their defender and aren’t being asked to move guys.
All that said, it may be worth bringing Johnson back to have a healthy veteran at the position (and reduce his cap hit), and then taking Warren over Jeanty. Pick #9 seems rich for a TE, but Jeanty and Warren were the only two choices in this thread.