As far as getting to hooker to make his pass and getting through tackles he is right at the top end.
As a runner, or engaging markers to help create space he is towards the bottom end.
At this stage he is a cog player, you either accept that (because there is no clear alternative that would be an improvement), or you hope we sign a replacement, but a better player will cost more, especially to poach in a spine position. The new Chad, plays his part while we stare enviously at the super stars other teams have. Most teams other than Storm have players in their spine who just play their part and aren't positional top 5 or even top 10 guys.
Love to see him find a tiny bit more ceiling room to come up to. If he could close the gap between him and Grant by like 25% it'd be massive for us.
I still also personally thing there is an option worth exploring in giving McInnes the first 15 just to take the edge off Blayke's workload, if that would give him more confidence to expend energy getting out of hooker a bit more.
Start Hunt, BHU, Finucane in forwards. After about 15 Hunt off for Blayke (Finucane to prop, McInnes to lock). Another 5 or so BHU off for Rudolf/Kaufusi and another 5 or so Finucane off for Kaufusi/Rudolf. See how McInnes is travelling, could take him off with 5-10 to go for Williams or Graham.
Be worth a look as it is a bigger side to try get a good start if the conserved energy would benefit Blayke. Do lose impact of McInnes subbing on but tbh that has looked slightly down to me so far this year anyway.