Chase versus Pitts

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(03-23-2021, 09:23 AM)Au165 Wrote: Here is something I am not sure most people talk about. Let's say Pitts gives you Kelce/Waller production on his rookie deal and Chase gives you Davante Adams/Tyreek Hill production. At the end of that contract, there is a massive difference, Pitts, as a TE will command far less money as the top of the TE market is almost 10 million less per year than the top of the WR market. If you can get elite production from both guys, from a financial standpoint it makes better sense to go with the TE. Hell, if you end up in a franchise tag situation you'd have been looking at 16 basically for a WR versus 9.5 for a TE this year as an example.

I think both can be great players, but I think the age of the elite TE is coming back, and being at the forefront of that offers a lot of advantages.

If Pitts gets used a lot as a WR, as many are predicting, he will likely challenge the TE designation for the FT and/or contract negotiations.  Similar thing happened years back when the 3-4 edge OLB's challenged the LB designation on the FT and wanted to be tagged as DE's.