(03-09-2018, 04:00 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-09-2018, 03:03 PM)Caldrac Wrote: Hurst, Andrews, Gesicki, Fumagalli & Akins in that order.

I don't understand the love and infatuation with Goedert. It's [BLEEP] South Dakota State. Where really the only player they're known for in recent memory since its existence is Adam Vinatieri. And the problem I have with him is that he's inconsistent. And he can't block worth a [BLEEP] at all.

He had five monster games against low level competition in 2017 but he also had a tendency to disappear as well. He wasn't even on the radar during the first month of football last year. And then he flashes a few games mid season and then he disappeared once again during the last month of football. He shouldn't be a first round pick. Unless you're a team that's stacked and balanced already and can afford to invest in one trick pony's.

Teams like New England and maybe Pittsburgh can afford to take him late as a special package type of player. I just don't see him as an every down player. And you shouldn't take a player in the first round at any point unless he's an every down player.

You would be that guy to pass up Jerry Rice, Khalil Mack, Carson Wants, Brett Favre and a bunch of others

No. I wouldn't. Jerry Rice was consistently eating up the competition in college and didn't "disappear" for extended weeks at a time. And held TD records that wouldn't be broken until 2006. Never heard of Carson Wants. If you meant Wentz. Yeah, I probably would have passed on Wentz and Goff.

I didn't feel comfortable with the little bit of games they played in during their college careers. Also, jury's still out for the both of them. Derek Carr looked great in 2016 and he was a dud in 2017. Brett Favre wasn't a first round pick. Khalil Mack is a freak athlete with the statistics to back it coming out of college. Like Rice, he set records that haven't been broken yet. Most forced fumbles with 16 and tired for most tackles for a loss with 75. So it's not like he was a fluke. He consistently ate up the competition. 

And that is my main issue with Goedert. He disappeared a lot. Show me where he set NCAA records. Show me where he's consistently racked up monster yardage. You're really reaching man. I am not saying he's not worth a draft pick. I am saying IMHO he's not worth a 1st RD pick because he's not even the best prospect at his position this year. I would take the more well rounded, more consistent, upper competitive players over him first. If he's there at the bottom of RD2 or RD3? Sure.... 

But I honestly see another Zach Miller type of player out of him. He may take a long, long time to develop into a decent pass catching TE at this level. And it may not happen for the original team that drafted him.

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