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(04-01-2021, 10:10 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I'm not 100% bought in to the Bengals needing a bona-fide deep threat #1 WR.
As long as the team is moving the ball and scoring TDs, that's all that matters. Patriots were able to win quite a few Super Bowls without that kind of WR on their roster.
Also, why can't Pitts be an outside WR for a good number of snaps?
The Bengals could split Pitts out wide and keep Sample/Uzomah inline.
The offensive weapons would be Pitts and Higgins outside, Boyd in slot, Sample/Uzomah inline.

Fun fact btw, Pitts is (probably) faster than any of the starting WRs on the team. He's not much slower than Chase, but he's 40 lbs and 5" taller.

Last, I think the "traditional TE" thing is overblown. Pitts is only 2 lbs lighter than Tony Gonzalez was when he played, and Pitts has room to add more bulk to get above 250. He'll be fine if the team wants to make him a "traditional TE."

I'm not sure about Pitts agility in terms of route running in the type of offense the Bengals run. Does he have short space quickness to make cuts and explode to an area of the field? Come back routes? Etc. In fairness/credit to both of them, the Bengals seem absolutely A OK molding the offense around their players. Matt Jones was also a long, tall, incredible athlete, and did really well at WR... when focused. So, I am definitely not opposed to Pitts as a WR. I'm just not sure of his ability to be an actual TE in the NFL and the Bengals have, only what (?) 3 traditional TEs on the roster with 1 of those coming back from coming back from major injury to his leg.

I like the fact that, by all accounts, Pitts is an ultra high character guy. Like I said, not upset if they take Pitts. Just not sure how he fits the Bengals and what they do.