Hurst Looks Like Our Gronk, Kelce, Kittle

[*ochocincos*]

(01-23-2023, 06:45 AM)pally Wrote: Hurst is great for our offense.  Right now he lacks the YAC that separates those 3 from the competition.  But they also never played on teams with the WR depth as the Bengals have.  Hayden is happy here.  I hope the get a deal done to keep him

Well said.

Hurst is a good TE, but he's not in the Kelce/Kittle/Gronk category.

Those TEs are so good in the receiving game that they've climbed their way into the top 1-2 receiving options on their teams.


Hurst has been better in the playoffs than the regular season though.
He's made some nice catches and has a 11.6 YPR compared to his regular-season 8.0 YPR.
If Hurst had maintained his playoff YPR in the regular season, he would have had 600+ yards and been considered just in the Top 10 among TEs this year.

Hurst I think can become a solid 3rd option, but I dunno if he'll ever get into the Kittle/Kelce/Gronk tier without being on a team with not much in terms of WRs and thus getting force-fed targets out of necessity.

Happy to have him on the team and he's been a good Uzomah replacement overall.