I think the big question for Njoku yesterday was what was he asked to do? If he was told to block on 95% of the plays, him getting open would have been bad. I suspect he was given yeoman's work to do and it did it well.
Come on man, really? You are truthfully going to state that against the Panthers he was told to block 95% of the plays? Like Ballpeen stated, "Blocking counts very little IMO. Just put in another lineman." Joe Haeg is only making 2.1M to be a blocker - we're paying Njoku over 13M per year average to block when we could use Haeg. Edit - Actually it's an AAV 14.187M per year (according to the ProFootball Network) for Njoku to block.
Highest Paid TE's
1. Waller - AAV 17M - Week 1, 6 targets - 4 receptions - 79 yards
2. Kittle - AAV 15M - Week 1, injured did not play
3. Kelce - AAV 14.313M - Week 1, 9 targets - 8 receptions - 121 yards - 1 TD
4. Goedert - AAV 14.25M - Week 1, 4 targets - 3 receptions - 60 yards
5. Njoku - AAV 14.187M - Week 1, 1 target - 1 reception - 7 yards
