Quote:We had a premier tight end here the last 2 years and we didn't even know what to do with him. I'm not sure that we would know what to do with Howard either. TE is a luxury piece. We have more important needs and we can get a good TE in a later round.

 

This reasoning doesn't make sense to me. If TE is a luxury, shouldn't we get the luxury player over an average player? I would rather have an elite player and figure out how to utilize him than draft according to the playcalling of the coach. If it's a crappy coach you're going to have a crappy team. If it's a good coach they will integrate the playcalling to fully utilize the elite player. 

 

I've heard many people say we should wait to draft a RB, TE, QB, etc. but we can only draft one player at a time. You are also assuming a good player will be there at each pick. Just because there is a lot of depth in the draft doesn't mean we can wait to pick someone from the bottom. 

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