03-05-2024, 03:38 PM
(03-05-2024, 03:14 PM)PDub80 Wrote: I'm against Bowers in the 1st round. He is slight of build for an NFL TE. Google "Bowers standing next to Gronk" and he looks like a child standing next to a man. NFL TE's need some bulk to take the pounding and hold up blocks.
Also, name for me the last TE selected in the first round that lived up to anything near the draft position. Hockenson in 2019 & then who? Engram in 2017? Then Eifert? I mean, that is a SAVAGE ratio for a first round resource.
Look at the best TEs in the league & you'll find the majority are post 2nd rounders. My favorite TE last year, LaPorta, went higher than I expected in the early 2nd. Kincaid looks good, but wasn't some game changer for the Bills. Michael Meyer looks like a JAG. I understand these guys need time, but I think they Bengals buy a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th round TE time by bringing in a mid tier FA TE on a 2 or 3 year deal while the draft pick gets playing time sprinkled in.
The NFL scouts seem to look for players who check every box, which overlooks a lot of special guys at the TE position because it's such an odd role in college football that it's tough to tell who's truly the man amongst boys.
As long as we take care of RT and DT in FA I would be for Bowers at 18. Doubt he will be there though, he is still 6'3" and 245 pounds
last I checked and is extremely fast and maybe the best TE ever in terms of YAC. Most players look small next to Gronk and Bowers is a
smaller TE. All true about how TE's that are taken in the first lately haven't lived up to expectations.
Still think Pitts with better QB play and being used better would change this a bit.
(03-05-2024, 03:15 PM)PDub80 Wrote: My post above this one expands on my thoughts on TE. It's a fascinating topic because the right one (or two) is just so so devastating to NFL defenses.
Yes, I like Sinnott, Stover or Theo Johnson in the 3rd or 4th round for us right now. Both Sinnott and Stover can catch and block
and would really upgrade our TE room IMO.
