12-01-2023, 06:34 PM
(12-01-2023, 05:45 PM)Jpoore Wrote: He’s a great pass catcher sure. But again will they utilize him? Bengals don’t generally target middle of the field a ton. And they don’t utilize te. Period. Value isn’t there for me when it’s really not a need since we don’t utilize them.-and if we’re talking slow to develop the slowest developing position is te. DT generally provides some juice from the jump. Also if we’re talking bowers in rd1, or say Cade stover in rd3, it stover for me as they would provide similar things for this offense. Bowers better run after catch but stover has better run blocking by a significant margin and both have great hands and route running. Or whatever rd3 te you think. They just need a good one. Elite one would be wasted in our offense especially with DT being a much much higher need.
Exactly. They not not changing what they do. And te is EXTREMELY slow to develop
It's a myth that we don't utilize the TE. Hurst got 68 targets in '22(15th most among TE's)and Uzomah 63 in '21.
TE's and DT's usually take at least a year to get up to speed, though if you're taking either in the Top 10, you should expect more immediate results. I don't see how this is a particular argument for one over the other.
Other things to consider is that it's a much better FA and draft class class for DT's than TE's. There's currently 14 DT's in the Top 100 prospects compared to only 3 TE's. You can get a DT later in this draft. Pass on Bowers and you may not get a TE. Also, as I've pointed out in another thread, we've spent our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks the last two drafts on defense. I don't think we should expect D to be a draft priority when we have one starter in a contract and he plays a position we can easily fill in FA.
