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04-22-2020 03:33 PM |
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
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I think he probably is, to be honest.
But it's pretty much a shite draft class for TE, IMO.
Take a look at the 2011 draft class headed by Kyle Rudolph and then a bunch of flawed dudes that really didn't amount to much. Rudolph was the best TE of the bunch and by a fair amount...but he was still pretty 'meh' when it got right down to it.
Just an unspectacular lot. Are there a lot of 'Virgil Green' type guys who have potential and measurables and will likely do dick at the next level - yup. But that's about it. More likely you'll see a Lance Kendricks or Charles Clay and forget all about the 2020 TE class when all is said and done.
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TE is one of those positions where the perceived best guy in the class rarely ends up being great. Even if you're a great TE, so much of it depends on what your offense does and how often your QB will look your way.
Who are the game's best TEs in the past 10 years? Kelce, Kittle, Gronk, Ertz, Julius Thomas, and... Hooper? Andrews, I guess? Not a single one of those players was selected in the 1st round, nor were any of them the first TE drafted in their respective classes. The closest thing you're going to get is Eric Ebron, and while he had a very nice 2018, I count that as only one actual outstanding season of his. Granted, that's also in the past 10 years. You go further back and you see careers of guys like Greg Olsen, Vernon Davis, and Dallas Clark all in a stretch of a few years, so it could just be a random streak of bad luck for top TEs.
It's also kind of funny that the top 2 TEs in yards and TDs over the past 3 years combined are Kelce and Ertz, both players from that wretched 2013 draft class.
Anyway, I'm wagering some hefty money that Harrison Bryant is going to be a pretty good starting TE in the NFL. He's not as bad at blocking as a bunch of scouting reports make him out to be, and he's probably the best pure pass catching TE in this draft class. And in an unspectacular year for the position as this one is, I'm pretty confident that will be good enough to be the best.
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