(04-21-2023, 09:14 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(04-21-2023, 12:40 AM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: If we take a TE in the first round, this would be where I start to question Balke's ability to be a GM. Unless the guy he takes is Travis Kelce 2.0, i'm perfectly fine with Engram.

(04-21-2023, 03:48 AM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: I've not followed this years draft much, so I can't speak to the talent of whatever tight ends you guys are wanting to pick.. but what I do know is that usually the good tight ends are found late in the draft, TE's are apparently really difficult to evaluate in terms of translating to the NFL because rarely do the guys going early pan out to be that guy. And even if they are good they rarely make a huge impact. So yeah, if we're sitting at 24 and theres a guy who looks like he could be the next Travis Kelce.. go for it.. but also right now our offense looks pretty damn good and we need to build the OL and the Defense more so than a backup tight end.


While I think our team is on the up swing, I don't think we are in a position to take a luxury pick like a TE right now, at least not in the first round.

back to back posts, well done.

So if Baalke takes a TE early, you question his skills, even though you're really not familiar with the guys he's looking at? 10-4.

When you're in win now mode like the Jaguars seem to be, I do think using up a valuable resource to draft a backup player at a position that isn't nearly as valuable as the actual needs of this team (Oline/Dline/DBs) would be a questionable move for Balke to make. Now, you can correct me if i'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Kyle Pitts was drafted a couple years ago and nobody in this class seems to be some special talent that's just waiting to burst into the NFL like Travis Kelce.

The only scenario we take a TE at 24 is if Engram wont play on the tag or wont sign a long term deal, and even if that happened which it wont I highly doubt there is gonna be a tight end available at 24 that would make more of an impact to this team than the best available ol/dl/dbs at that spot.

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(04-21-2023, 11:52 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-20-2023, 04:46 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Was interesting to hear Doug speak on the TE room.  He said he's always had a great TE room everywhere he's been and he always likes to make it as great as possible for his QB

It's the one thing we've never truly had here.

At best we've had a good TE here wih little to no quality depth behind the starter.

But we've never had what I would consider a "great" TE here, much less two on the same team.

That could add some new dimensions tothe offense if we get the right guy.

Good TE's are regularly found outside of the 1st round of the draft, it's a crapshoot as usual for any position but we have much more pressing needs than a second tight end currently. Unless they think whomever they draft is gonna be the next Gronk/Kelce, I doubt we're going that direction at 24.

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