Kyle Pitts and Ja'Marr Chase

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(10-27-2021, 01:33 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I respectfully disagree that a great blocking TE that can catch is better than an elite pass catching TE, but to each their own.
When people talk about the great TEs of the past 1-2 decades, it's been all elite pass catching TEs - Gates, Gonzalez, Gronk, Graham, Kelce, and recently Kittle and Waller.

As for your question, I haven't watched the ATL games close enough, but here are his PFF blocking grades:
Pass block - 68.5 (Uzomah's is 49.8 by comparison)
Run block - 54.8 (Uzomah's is 61.5 by comparison)

Pitts has been used to block on 88 out of 309 offensive snaps.
Comparatively, Uzomah has been used to block on 147 out of 330 offensive snaps.

I'll always take a good receiver who is willing and able to block well over someone who will only catch simply because it's still a team sport where everyone has to support everyone else to win consistently.. Just remember Chase's block for Nixon. He's an elite receiver, but also elite in blocking from what I've noticed so far. When was the last time you saw some skinny, fast receiver take out a safety to spring the RB way downfield?
Anyway, I'd still take Chase over Pitts all day long, end of story.