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(04-27-2021, 07:13 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: There's a lot of reasons I want Pitts but I just wanted to point out something in particular, specifically how it relates to Chase.

A quality TE more often than not has a longer career span than does a WR.  Pitts is such a physical freak that I think this rings true for him even more than most.  Even if slows a tad, or he loses a bit of agility once he gets into his 30's, he's still 6'6.  Lowered speed and agility from his ridiculous starting point still most likley leaves him perfectly capable of producing at his position.

Now, when you take a look at WR it's a little bit different of a story.  Many of them start to drop in play once they reach 30, and the vast majority of them fall off the cliff once they hit 32.  If someone like Chase loses some speed or agility he very easily becomes just another 6'1 receiver.  His measurables aren't that far and above his peers as Pitts are to his.

Take a look at some of the best Tight Ends that have played in this league (what Pitts projects to be), and look at the age when they retired or they currently are:

Tony Gonzalez - 37
Antonio Gates - 38
Jason Witten - 38
Greg Olson - 35
Shannon Sharpe - 35
Gronk - 31 (Still playing)
Jimmy Graham - 34 (Still playing)
Travis Kelce - 31 (still playing and just put up career highs. 30 and and 31 were better than anything from rookie year until 29)

Note:  This is way down my list for why I want Pitts over Chase (or Sewell).  But it's something I haven't seen mentioned yet so I thought I'd add it to the conversation.

Lol... This is simply, and provably, not true. Those TEs are great in large part BECAUSE the were able to hold together that long, not because their position lasts longer.

Jerry Rice - 42
Larry Fitzgerald - 37
Terrell Owens - 37
Randy Moss - 35
Isaac Bruce - 37
Tim Brown - 38
Steve Smith - 37
Marvin Harrison - 36
Reggie Wayne - 36
Andre Johnson - 35
James Lofton - 37
Cris Carter - 37
Anquan Boldin - 36
Henry Ellard - 37

(That's the 14 WRs in the top-15 all-time receiving yard list who aren't Tony Gonzalez.)

(04-28-2021, 09:38 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Pitts put up 770-12 in just 8 games, 1 of which he got hurt in, so he didn't even play the whole game.
If he had been able to play the full 13 games, he was projected at 1251 yards and 19 TDs.
If he had exceeded 1000 yards and 15 TDs (which would have been extremely likely), people wouldn't even be thinking twice about him at 5.

Stop focusing on the blocking. He's a willing blocker and decent at it. Also, the era of a premiere blocking TE is outdated. Get a better OL and you don't need your TE to block all the time.

If you don't care about your TE blocking, why not just take a WR? Kelce put up 1,416 yards in 2020, a single season record for TEs. 

Those 1,416 yards would be Julio Jones' 5th best season. Think about that. The most a TE has EVER put up in the NFL isn't even a top-3 season for Julio Jones. It's not even a top-80 season all-time.