Quote:Again. Opinions are like [BAD WORD REMOVED]. Everyone's got one. At the end of the day if we pass up on a player like Fournette who could end up touching the football 20 times per game compared to a guy that may or may not be featured in this offense is foolish.

 

Especially in a deep class at the tight end position. I'd rather see Johnathan Allen, Solomon Thomas or a trade down at this point to upgrade the offensive line. 

 

Howard that high just doesn't make much sense. Especially when the motto has been "win now, win today". If that's the case you take the big bruising RB that can carry your sorry [BAD WORD REMOVED] QB and hope for the best.

 

Why would we also go after Howard after we just traded Thomas away? It doesn't look like this offense wants to truly feature a primary receiving tight end now. 

1. We all want Solomon Thomas first and foremost. Howard is just the best consolation prize. Allen and Fournette both have significantly more concerns than Howard. 

 

2. The RB class is even deeper than the TE class so I'm not sure why that's a point you are making. 

 

3. That's a leap to say not wanting Thomas around means we don't want to feature a receiving TE. It means we don't want to feature a lazy, out of shape, oft injured TE who gives away the play call because he can't block. That by no means we wouldn't like a young, freak athlete TE who also helps the run game and pass blocking when he isn't running routes. 

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