Try to sell me on O.J. Howard.

[*ochocincos*]

(04-03-2017, 02:59 PM)Au165 Wrote: To an extent yes, but at the same time no. No position has been drafted less in the first round in the last 7 years than TE. NFL teams apparently realize that you can get really good ones in the mid rounds. Even HB, which has generally be devalued, still is perceived as having more value than TE. If you look through the top 5 guys at any position in the NFL right now most will be first rounders, that can't be said about TE.

As to Ochocincos, I think that's the question really and it becomes more preference. I think WR as much as I hate it has more value at 9 than TE for the simple reason that your going to put more out there in various formations meaning there are more chances for them to be an impact year 1. Eiffert is always going to be on the field, so in single TE sets he is on the field and Howard is not. There really aren't single WR formations in today's NFL so we always have a chance to run the rookie out across from Green.

I really hate the idea of WR or TE at 9, but I'd lean WR over TE. I am going pass rusher all the way, and maybe Safety if one of the two top guys fall. If all those guys are gone then that should mean the top QB is on the board still which would mean a trade back is definitely in play.

OJ Howard would have less depth to climb through than a first-round WR would. WR would be under Green, LaFell, and Boyd. For TE, it's just Eifert, and he's injured more often than the top 3 WRs. I think LaFell was retained for 2 years to groom a mid-round WR for 2 years.

So it really comes down to drafting a replacement for LaFell vs a replacement for Eifert. Who will see the field quicker and more often such that they have a bigger impact? I think a TE would.