Like Ballpeen stated, "Blocking counts very little IMO. Just put in another lineman."
1. if he was blocking, he was told to block... what TE in their right mind is going to give up an opportunity to get into a route and catch a ball? They're not. So, if he was blocking, he was told to block.
2. the folly of the above statement is that it changes the defense. If you trot out another lineman and take out your only TE, the defense gets to sub, and they now know that there is, for certain, one less route runner. Then, there is the part where they have likely brought in one more bigger body instead of trying to cover that TE with a Linebacker or a Safety. "Blocking" may count very little (it doesn't), but personnel matters a LOT. Even if that TE never runs a route, especially with an athletic one like Njoku, the defense MUST respect the potential and account for it. That keeps one more smaller body out there and it also makes the defense respect the middle yardage rather than creeping everyone up.
