02-01-2021, 01:42 PM
(02-01-2021, 01:25 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: I never claimed you do (unlike your statement about “needing an Alpha LB.”
But let’s look at the last bunch of Super Bowl winners shall we?
Chiefs - Kelce
Pats - Gronk
Eagles- Ertz
Broncos - Owen Daniels
All multiple time Pro Bowlers.
I’d say you have to go back to 2013 (Seahawks) to find the last team that won a SB without a top TE.
Owen Daniels 2015 (SB year): 46/517 (11.2)/3 (59.7% catch rate)
He was hardly a stud.
Gronkowski 2018 (SB year): 47/682 (14.5)/3 (65.3% catch rate)
Good, but nowhere near Gronk good and not a "top TE". Neither of them were Pro Bowlers in those years. They were both at the tail ends of their careers. In fact, both of those guys retired after those years.
Heck, Owen Daniels wasn't even an above-average TE in 2015 (he was 17th in receiving yards among TEs).
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