They got it right with Mike

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(12-31-2024, 05:30 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Nah, just an overall package that is pro bowl level. I probably could have typed that clearer. I think wanting both of those abilities to each be pro bowl level would pretty much limit it to "if we have George Kittle". Lol... not sure anyone else would fit that bill.

I don't know, somewhere above the level of above average. Think pre-back injury Jermaine Gresham... but catching passes from Burrow rather than Dalton, and not being asked to block Cameron Wake 1-on-1 all game.

Those guys are few and far between though, and they're getting taken earlier and earlier in the draft as teams prioritize good TEs more.


Here are the Top 15 TEs in receiving yards, the bolded being taken after Rd 3:
Bowers (1st rd - 2024)
McBride (2nd rd - 2022)
Kittle (5th rd - 2017)
Smith (3rd rd - 2017)
Kelce (3rd rd - 2013)
Henry (2nd rd - 2016)
Kraft (3rd rd - 2023)
LaPorta (2nd rd - 2023)
Andrews (3rd rd - 2018)
Ertz (2nd rd - 2013)
Otton (4th rd - 2022)
Gesicki (2nd rd - 2018)
Pitts (1st rd - 2021)
Freiermuth (2nd rd - 2021)
Njoku (1st rd - 2017)

Only two dudes taken on Day 3/UDFA who are even in Top 15, only one who is actually in Top 10.


If Bengals want a draft pick to hit at TE, it's probably in their best interest to get one within the first 3 rounds.