07-22-2015, 09:54 AM
(07-22-2015, 09:23 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is spot on IMHO
I also think too many ignore the blocking aspects at least 50%) of the TE position pumping up the as catchers an ignoring the complete TE's like Heath.
Absolutely, blocking is a pretty big deal that people have been leaving out of the discussion.
Some people may not have heard of other team's backups like Daniel Fells and Virgil Green, but those guys are some of your better backup TEs as far as blocking goes.
I can't see ranking guys by potential because IMO, it makes your personal opinion weigh a lot more than it really should in these matters. If you're a person that really likes one of our draft picks, you may rank him higher than he should be by "potential" without realizing that other teams have young, unproven players with plenty of potential themselves. We're Bengals fans, so most of us are going to be biased when it comes to our unproven players and a lot of people around here bash other team's unproven guys as being garbage.
Again, it always seems like going back to the QB position brings out the easiest examples. I ranked Andy somewhere around the middle of the pack, but he certainly has potential to be better. Should I have given him a top 10 ranking because he could potentially be a top 10 QB next year? If I do that, then I need to also realize that others around the league have potential as well. Blake Bortles could be the best QB in the league in 3 years, but wouldn't I be crazy to rank him in the top 10 just because I think he's going to be maybe, possibly good in the future?
In my opinion, player rankings should be about what they've done in the league with maybe a litttttle bit of potential in the mix. If you weigh player potential greatly, it will let bias and homerism get in the way since we obviously know a lot more about our own young guys than others around the NFL since we (most of us at least) follow the Bengals under a microscope much, much more than any other team.
