going by a few receiving stats from this thread before is misleading, if you want to go by those you have to see where they rank overall among other tight ends.
among tight ends Royal was 31st in yards, Gaines was 38th
in receptions Royal was 32nd, Gaines was 33rd
i know our offense did not really feature TEs being thrown too, because they were mostly blocking, or attempting to block, but if you just want to go by receiving stats, Im sorry i just cant feel good when they rank behind Visanthe Shiancoe and Sean McHugh