Welcome TE Hayden Hurst

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(03-18-2022, 02:39 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: My only complaint is it is only a 1 year deal. 

He might be spendy after putting up a career year production wise and scoring lots of TD's. Like you said, he is young to boot.

Surprised the Falcons let him get away but I guess they expect Pitts to be the main guy at TE now even though I think more of 
him as a WR. Hurst can block a little too, maybe not as well as Uzo but he isn't a terrible blocker.

I think the Falcons are all in on Pitts plus they seem ultra focused on making sure they have cap space to get Watson.

Hard to imagine where the contract he signed here would have hurt them, but I'm not upset with their choice to let him go.

Have to agree, a 2 or 3 year deal would have been nice but I feel like Hurst is betting on himself having his best season yet with Burrow then getting a better deal. Might still be here.

(03-18-2022, 02:48 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: Yep he was over shadowed by Andrews who is a top 5 TE.  Then he went to Atlanta and had a pretty good season on a somewhat bad team before they drafted Pitts who I'm sure many here recall during the great draft debate of 2021 was considered a "generational talent".    Now he gets a new start on a team that needed a TE after Uzomah and the Bengals got him for several million less that what Uzomah signed for. 

Even though it seems as far a receiving the Bengals don't look at TE often and given the WR talent the Bengals have he may not be targeted often, but I hope he has a break out season.  He's only 28 and maybe this is the opportunity he needs.  

Exactly, and add in the fact that his lone year of being the guy at TE was with Matt Ryan under center as a shell of his former self on a terrible Falcons team. Now he becomes the guy with Burrow tossing him the ball, I think he could set career highs across the board for himself here and I hope he does.