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(04-28-2021, 11:09 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Travis Kelce is also playing with the best QB in the league with probably the 2nd best offensive mind in the league. He never reached 1,200 yards until Mahomes.

Is he a huge impact player? Sure. Would he be on the Bengals or almost any other team? SIGNIFICANTLY less so. 

Also all this talk about Kelce is just comparing Pitts to THE pinnacle of hopes of what a TE has ever been. Note that nobody is comparing Chase to peak Julio Jones (1,871 yards), peak Antonio Brown (1,834 yards), or peak Calvin Johnson (1,964 yards). That's because Chase doesn't need to be the greatest of all time in order to be a consistent top-5 type receiver. Pitts does.

A little bit of a scheme change but also his targets increased, it was more of a usage thing as his yards per target had actually been higher at other points in his career. Would he be as good on another team? Maybe. If we are judging it by his yards per target rather than a volume stat of total yards I think he would be. 

Most people compare him to Waller, and that is a really fair comp of a guy on maybe a limited offense producing really well. I think most people would take Darren Waller in the top 5 of a draft if you knew you could get that production (minus the personal issues).