04-03-2017, 11:39 AM
(04-03-2017, 11:28 AM)t3r3e3 Wrote: The difference between those guys and Howard is massive. Those guys are glorified WR's with poor blocking skills. Howard is a true inline TE with better wheels, testing numbers, explosion, and yes, he can block. Alabama underused Howard. The NFL will not.
Every year we pretend like the guys in the mid rounds can't touch the guys in the first round and every year we see that there are mid round guys as good as the first round guys.
Here are some examples specific to TE that are related to Bengals first round TE picks.
We took Gresham in 2010 and Gronk, Graham, Hernandez, and Pitta all were drafted after. You could make an argument talent wise all were as good if not better than Gresham.
We take Eiffert in the 1st in 2013 and Ertz, Kelce, Reed are all drafted after.
We as fans always fall for this narrative that these first round guys are far and away better than the other guys. The reality is the draft is an inexact science and believing one guy is simply far and away better is fool's gold.
