(12-25-2020, 11:18 AM)RicoTx Wrote:

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

He doesn't have to put up 100 yards his rookie year to make an impact.  I think he could make a Jeremy Shockey type impact his rookie year though.  Even if he puts up 500 or 600 yards his rookie year and 3 or 4 TDs, defenses are going to have to account for him.  I really doubt we trade up that far though for any player so this is probably moot anyway

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Hunter Henry put up 500 yards and 8 TDs his rookie year, Pitts could do rhat

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