They got it right with Mike

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(12-31-2024, 05:44 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 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.

Luckily one will be playing in the Fiesta Bowl tonight