(04-21-2019, 07:58 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(04-21-2019, 07:42 AM)Upper Wrote: Kittle didn't get featured in the offense like Hock did (which Ferentz has acknowledged was a major mistake), but he showed he was a very good receiver when given the chance. He had a higher YPC and a much higher TD rate. He was also just as good of a blocker and even though Hock is a very good athlete, he's still considerably worse than Kittle athletically.

Funny to compare them as a prospect.  Kittle went 5th round, TJ will most likely be a top 10 pick.  As good a blocker Kittl was he was not the blocker TJ is or the pass catcher.  TJ also won the award for the best TE in college.  I don't ever remember you beating the table for Kittle in the 1st.  A lot of us wanted Kittle but not in the first or 2nd, if people thought he was a top 5 prospect in the draft they would of wanted him in the 1st.  It's not rocket science

Why wouldn't you compare them as prospects? They're extremely similar. Same college, great athletes, complete blocking and receiving. In fact, I would almost guarantee a large part of why Hock is getting so much hype is directly because Kittle has set fire to the NFL, and Hock profiles strikingly similarly to that.

And yeah I was absolutely pounding the table for Kittle in the 2nd. I wanted OJ Howard in the first but once it was clear we were screwing up by taking Fournette I was all in on Kittle. It's not his fault the NFL goofed and couldn't look at the individual traits instead of the lacking body of work.

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