The Ja'Marr Chase Thread

[Benton]

(10-10-2021, 12:15 PM)Whatever Wrote: Big difference there.  Pitts is on pace for well over 700 receiving yards, which is still good production for a TE. Pitts is 7th in the league in receiving yards amongst TE's. He just isn't in the elite category that he was projected to, yet.  Sewell has just been flat out bad.  If both guys make a similar jump in year 2, Pitts will be up there in the elite category and Sewell will be a replacement level starter.  It's not a stretch at all based on what we've seen for Pitts to develop into the next Kellen Winslow.  It's a big stretch to see Sewell developing into the next Munoz.  

You're absolutely right about OL typically taking a few years.  I said in the debate during the off-season that Sewell would be a pick that paid dividends a few years down the road.  I researched years worth of 1st round T picks and made the point in the debate that the odds of Sewell coming in and playing at Reiff or even Bobby Hart level were very slim.  I also said that with Burrow on his rookie deal that we should be trying to win now and not spend the #5 pick on a guy who should become good in 2-3 years and peak on his 2nd contract.

However, the line that was repeated over and over was that we had to protect Joe Burrow this year, which meant taking Sewell.  People that said that don't get to then move the goalposts when Sewell is a sieve in pass pro his rookie year when he was presented as this huge upgrade as a rookie.  

Honestly, I'll never understand that logic.

'itll take a few years for a tackle to play up to this level... So don't take one.'

But to the first part, the point was to not judge Pitts because it takes a year... But Sewell is bad even though it takes longer to judge tackles. That's weird logic