07-22-2015, 11:17 AM
(07-22-2015, 09:18 AM)djs7685 Wrote: I call it homerism because our guys haven't really put anything on the field yet, other than a nice job by Eifert as a TE2 for 1 season 2 years ago.
I'd bet a paycheck that the production of our TEs this year won't be ranked 21-32 either, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to be in the 21-32 ranking bracket until they actually put it on NFL tape. That's been my entire point. I don't really need another TE behind our 3 guys, but it's silly to say they're anything more than one of the most unproven groups in the league as of right now.
To go back to another example of a different positional group, I think Teddy Bridgewater is probably going to end up being a better NFL QB than a lot of guys that I currently rank ahead of him, same with Carr, Bortles, and even Winston. I rank all of those guys near the bottom of the 32 and I believe that you agree with me on that. Why not use the same logic with TEs? Why does a Bengals fan's assumed, hypothetical, future production outweigh what guys have done on the field when it comes to the TE group? I don't really get that. There may not be many backups that have done much in the NFL, but they've done more than absolutely nothing, which happens to be more than both of our backups combined right now.
I usually agree with you on most things but I don't understand your logic on this one. You are predicting the Bengals TEs to be better than 20 yet when you rank them you put them between 22-30?
Let me give you a clear example of why this is absurd. When Lebon James was a rookie he was considered the Cavs best player by almost everyone even though he had never played in the NBA. Using your logic he would be ranked as one of the worst Cavs players because he hadn't ever played in the NBA.
Makes no sense my man. We all know Eifert is a good player regardless of how much he's played. Nobody in this forum is saying he is the best TE in the league but we certainly know he will produce better than 21-30. That is the point we are making.
