(12-28-2023, 01:26 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(12-28-2023, 01:16 PM)Caldrac Wrote: I tend to agree with this above in bold. They dropped the 61st overall pick on him. 7 targets through 12 games with just 4 catches for 34 yards and a TD is probably not the immediate return investment you're looking for with that selection.

It's frustrating if they had intentions of using him more than what he is now. Here's some interesting things to consider. We traded down with Buffalo who took Dalton Kincaid.

Kincaid - 62 catches, 502 yards with 2 TD's.

We then have LaPorta who is leading them all by a mile. Then you have Green Bay with Musgrave and Kraft giving them some good production already with Love. They're combined for a little more than what Kincaid has on his own. Mayer has been decent with a dysfunctional Raiders team. Schoonmaker and Mallory have also had some decent moments. 

It's just frustrating for me. I was saying it over and over last year and earlier this year, that, this draft class back in April had a really nice TE group to pick and choose from, we not only used a high draft pick on the position, but, we [BLEEP] swung and miss BIG TIME at that. Strange was not on my radar. At all. 

He's the least productive receiving TE from this class though so far with the exception of maybe three guys that have not seen the field yet but they were all day three picks. This team doesn't know what the [BLEEP] it's doing. It's clear as day now. There's a disconnect between this staff and scouting department.

Something needs to give. Blundered at least 11 - 12 picks out of 14 back in April. Harrison being the most promising and them some flashes from guys like Johnson and Washington. 

The more I look at that TE group and this class? The more pissed off I get actually.

Yeah, they expected more and had bigger plans, he just hasn't been good enough.  Earlier in the year they started trying to use him more and more and he constantly missed blocks, missed assignments, dropped balls, couldn't get open etc. It hasn't went as planned.  You can't keep putting him out there when he continues to hurt the offense

It's a two pronged issue. 

1. You invested the 61st pick on him. 
2. You're not getting the most out of him because your offensive line is hot garbage.

It's aggravating. They could have went:
24th pick on Dalton Kincaid at TE.
56th pick on O'Cyrus Torrence at LG.
88th pick on Dawand Jones at RT.
121st pick on somebody like Nacua or Wicks at WR.

You get your receiving threat at TE to pair with Engram. You get your LG situation upgraded and your RT situation resolved.

You get a WR that either sets the NFL on fire like Nacua, which, won't assume he does that here, but, it's possible. But, Wicks? He's got 500+ yards already as a rookie.

Would have been really good depth on this team compared to the depth we have behind the starters who are in and out of the line-up now.

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