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(04-28-2021, 11:37 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Only according to the numbers that the NFL put out a few years ago that I think you're referring to, which includes all the PS and ST chaff. 


But we aren't talking about PS guys and STs, so those numbers are useless. Of course there's more rotation at the bottom of the roster for WRs than TEs, because you carry more, and you draft more (the 2020 draft had 35 WRs, 12 TEs). They also tend to be your returners and gunners on ST.

Over the last 11 drafts (since 2010) the Bengals have taken 7 WRs and 1 TE in the 6th and 7th rounds

You were talking the greats. You even made a list of some of the best TEs to play with ages. So there's no point in adding Quan Cosbys into the equation.

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Lets be honest, the 4.44 is total BS. There's more people running in the 4.3s this offseason than there seemingly has ever been. Pro Day 40s have always been white noise at best, and it's more so this season. Pitts is 100% a fast dude, and freakishly fast for his size, no doubt. I just have no tolerance for 40 times that aren't combine times, and even those don't really fully translate to playing speed.

Also, you are forgetting something important. Once Pitts slows down he can be covered by a LB. Once Chase slows down he still has to be covered by a CB. That completely removes the defensive personnel imbalance that a fast TE creates in the first place.


Keep in mind that it took both Waller and Kelce 4 years each to get a 1,000+ yard season. A WR having 1,000+ yards as a rookie isn't unusual at all.

If Pitts could have the impact Eifert had as a rookie, he would be worth the pick.