02-10-2021, 06:32 AM
(02-09-2021, 09:58 PM)Benton Wrote: Sarcasm noted but you make the best point for not taking pitts at five.
Gronk is at the end of his career. Still a solid te, but no kelce. Kelce is kelce.
Which te had the better game? The one whose line gave the time for plays to develop or the line that let the front four slap around their qb?
Pitts is a good player, but against good defenses with this line, were going to be the team getting three field goals.
This sounds like a rehash of the same arguments from last year about why they shouldn't draft Burrow: "It's pointless to draft Burrow because he isn't an entire offensive line." Sorry, I don't see an entire starting offensive line studded with pro bowlers available with the top 5 pick. Say they opted to trade down and draft nothing but OL in this draft; that doesn't guarantee that they'd get even a single good starter. It might increase their chances, but wouldn't it be better in 2020 hindsight to take a Kittle, Kelce, etc. caliber TE than an average starting OG and a bunch of backups?
I just find it astounding that both teams who made it to the dance this year have all pro TEs on their rosters. The year before this? It was Kelce and Kittle who made it to the dance. 2015 was Tyler Eifert's best year as a pro and was also the closest the Bengals have come to winning a playoff game in recent memory. It would seem that TEs might be undervalued by many teams/fans.
