Just finally spent several hours today looking at some highlight reels of offensive skill position players mostly for dynasty fantasy purposes, but also to have some idea about the guys that will be drafted over the weekend. Earlier in this thread I kinda got away from Hockenson at 7 being that he's a TE and the position is apparently deep this draft. Let me just say that I'm 100% ok if the pick is Hockenson at 7 after watching what I watched today. From a purely receiving view (fantasy points), I think he's significantly better than Fant or any other TE coming out though I do like Fant and Sternberger a lot as well. I'm not going to evaluate his blocking ability. I'll just defer to the general consensus that he is a very good blocker as well and the best total package TE coming out. If that is indeed true, his presence on the field should dramatically affect all aspects of the offense.

You can argue that there's better overall value in getting D-line or O-line in the 1st and picking up a TE later, but on a purely 1st round only view I'm completely fine if we go this direction because I think he's going to be a top 5 receiving TE in this league within the next few years if not immediately.

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