(12-25-2020, 10:49 AM)Upper Wrote:

(12-25-2020, 12:42 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Pitts aint like every other TE.  There is a reason he is the first TE ever to be a Biletnikoff Award finalist.  Pitts isn't a horrible blocker either like Jimmy Graham though and he is a matchup nightmare, rookie or not.  You cant look at what past TEs done because none are the matchup nightmare Pitts is and is why he will go very early in the draft

Pitts is going to be awesome at some point, no one disagrees with that. However, it's just so damn hard to essentially be brought up to NFL speed as both a WR and an OL, which is what TE basically do. If I were to bet on a TE being an outlier it would be him, but it would still be betting on an outlier happening which is risky.

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(12-25-2020, 03:00 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Who? After Darrisaw, there is a huge dropoff at LT, unless we target a RT to overthrow Taylor (which should be pretty easy.) In that case, I target Mayfield. If we waited to our first pick in round 2, I'd go after Eichenberg or Leatherwood and I'd take the best pass rusher with the Rams pick in round 1. There are a ton of directions we could go in and it all depends what we address in free agency.

Yes I would rather take Mayfield or Eichenberg in the 20s (or Leatherwood for guard) than trade a lot to move up to get Pitts. Would maybe rather just take Teller too. Hell according to most mocks we could get Lawrence at 1, Eichenberg at say 25, and then Mayfield at 34. Yes please to that.

I hate agreeing.  But the majority of the HOF tight ends didn't have good first years.  Hell, some barely played.  I got tired of looking, the only exception to the rule I ran across was Kelce.  Tight end  is not an easy transition from college to pro.  It's not an immediate impact position.  So if you're looking for an immediate impact player, you're probably not going to get one (percentage-wise).  I wouldn't be surprised to see him go top ten.  But I certainly wouldn't trade up for him, as thin as our roster is.  If he somehow drops to our second pick...sure, take him.

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