03-23-2021, 01:32 PM
(03-23-2021, 12:16 PM)Au165 Wrote: That is a failure of scouting because guys picked after them were elite. In the past, because Pitt wasn't a great (still solid) inline blocker, he would have been knocked down potentially to a 2nd or 3rd round pick in a league that was more worried about the TE being able to block. If you took Travis Kelce at 5, would you be upset? If you took Darren Waller at 5, would you be upset?
The funny thing about all this is I actually don't think Pitts gets to us. If he does, and we pass, he will be in Philly at 6. The league as a whole recognizes this guy is elite, it really isn't even questionable.
25 years is a long time for not a single example and to call it a scouting failure. Most would call it a trend. And saying he's a solid blocker is kind of the opposite of what all the scouts are saying.
Also want to put out there that I acknowledge I could be completely wrong on Pitts. I just don't value the position over their OL needs. The lack of success with Eifert & Gresham has tainted me. If the Bengals pick Pitts and he becomes an All-Pro, I'll gladly eat crow.
