Kyle Pitts is AJ Green as a tight end.

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(02-11-2021, 07:43 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: Cause your list of reasons for not taking Pitts didn't include the fact that improving the O-line is the single most important thing for this team to do... more important then re-signing Lawson or WJII, more important then adding WR's or TE's or anything... the O-line is the issue.

If Burrow stays upright he has Higgins and Boyd to throw to, and Tate will be back and is well liked around here and C.J. Uzomah isn't terrible.

Here is how I view it. Which is a bigger upgrade.

Pitts over Uzomah

Slater over Michael "I got my QB killed" Jordan

Sewell over Bobby Hart

That is how you need to look at it and in that situation, Pitts is easy to overlook.

The only way I consider Pitts or Chase at pick 5 is if the O-line looks like this pre-draft. Williams, Thuney, Hopkins, Spain, Moton. If you have those 5 guys or something extremely close to those 5 in talent, sure... go get whatever at 5.

I'm not taking Slater at 5 to play OG. Quinton Nelson is the highest OG pick (that I can remember anyway) and he was taken 6th. And Nelson is a better, safer prospect than Slater.
If you're taking Slater at 5, you're taking him with intent to play OT.

As for replacing Hart, he's a 7th rounder. He's done well for a 7th rounder, but I really think the Bengals can find a proper RT in Rd 2 or even early Rd 3. If I'm taking an OT at 5, it would be with the intent to play that guy at LT and shift Jonah Williams to LG or RT.

As for Uzomah, dude is also not good.
His highest PFF score in any season is 68.1, but his highest receiving score is 63.3.
He's basically the same caliber of a TE as Bobby Hart is at OT.


I'm totally down for taking Sewell because he's considered a generational talent, but Pitts is also considered a generational talent at TE, and would be a huge upgrade over Uzomah and Sample.
If OT isn't addressed in FA like we've heard rumors of and Sewell does end up being there, I think he's worth taking over Pitts.
But if Sewell isn't there and/or OT has already been addressed in FA, Pitts is my target. I'll go get OL in Rds 2 and/or 3.