Why we don't need a TE

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(09-17-2021, 05:43 PM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: I totally agree with that. As a fan though, you're always yearning for that improbable "third way" with stuff like this. It's not unbelievable to think that one of the best young TEs of the future could be drafted in later rounds. In fact when we look at draft position of some of today's top TEs:


Kittle - 5th round pick 146
Gronkowski - 2nd round pick 42
Waller - 6th round pick 204
Kelce - 3rd round pick 63


It doesn't seem like scouting TE prospects is as cut and dry as some positions. 

With Kelce, it was concern with level of competition, IIRC.
Waller was drafted originally as a WR, not a TE.
Kittle had very little receiving production in college, having just 43 receptions. 22 for 309 yards his final season.
There were injury concerns with Gronk when he was drafted, not playing the entire year before he was drafted and having back surgery.

The "perfect" TE prospect (someone like Pitts) is someone who has multiple years of really good production, plays at an established Power 5 school, and displays elite measurables (preferably at the Combine).