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Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

02-19-2014, 11:17 AM

Ebron is the big name, easily plucked at #9 (or lower with a trade-down, IMO).

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02-19-2014, 11:23 AM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

Not if Watkins or Mack are just sitting there.
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02-19-2014, 11:24 AM

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A young QB's best friend is an explosive TE.
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02-19-2014, 12:22 PM

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No thank you.
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02-19-2014, 12:34 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

great legendary TE's have been typically taken in the 3rd round and later.

i agree it's a position of need and could help EJ. EJ is such a skittish passer. when he's feeling it, he has no fear. but he opens games short arming passes etc. perhaps a solid guy he trusts short will give him the confidence he needs.

but picking a TE in Round 1 is the offensive whitner. There is no way the guy can live up to the expectation we give him. It's a position that can only be as good as the qb and if EJ's problems are bigger and he just continues to be a middling qb, the TE numbers will reflect that.
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02-19-2014, 12:34 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

Originally posted by SpikedLemonade View Post

No thank you.

if he has the potential to produce like Graham, Gonzo, Gronk, you'd be against it?

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02-19-2014, 12:40 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

Originally posted by trapezeus View Post

great legendary TE's have been typically taken in the 3rd round and later.

i agree it's a position of need and could help EJ. EJ is such a skittish passer. when he's feeling it, he has no fear. but he opens games short arming passes etc. perhaps a solid guy he trusts short will give him the confidence he needs.

but picking a TE in Round 1 is the offensive whitner. There is no way the guy can live up to the expectation we give him. It's a position that can only be as good as the qb and if EJ's problems are bigger and he just continues to be a middling qb, the TE numbers will reflect that.

do you think the bills have the ability to find a Jimmy Graham in the 3rd rd?
Gonzo was a 1st rd. pick. Gronk was 2nd . I wouldn't be surprised if the Pats are looking to replace Hernandez via the draft especially with Marsha starting to decline and Gronk with an ACL injury.

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02-19-2014, 12:56 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

I'd be ok with it, but I still want Mike Evans.
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02-19-2014, 01:36 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

Originally posted by trapezeus View Post

great legendary TE's have been typically taken in the 3rd round and later.

...but picking a TE in Round 1 is the offensive Whitner.

Heh - well said. I wonder though - things seem to be stacking up for a run on QBs early on, and that Clowney fellow is hot. My early guess is that BUF's #9 pick is a very marketable one.

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02-19-2014, 03:15 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

I'd be fine with that depending on who's there and who's gone.
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02-19-2014, 03:20 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

Originally posted by ICRockets View Post

I'd be ok with it, but I still want Mike Evans.

"He's tall...so tall..."

He will never get enough separation and we can blame our QB for that.
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02-19-2014, 03:25 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

Originally posted by SpikedLemonade View Post

"He's tall...so tall..."

He will never get enough separation and we can blame our QB for that.

70% of you morons would blame EJ if you misplaced your keys.
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02-19-2014, 03:32 PM

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Pining for EJ, who couldn't make it out of the preaseason without an injury. I'd plan on a different QB throwing the rock most of next season & you better hope we draft one early.
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02-19-2014, 05:19 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

I think Ebron is one of the ones at #9, no question. So is LB Mack, 3 OT's and more.

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02-19-2014, 05:25 PM

Re: Can a case be built in favor of a TE as #1 pick?

A good TE would be nice to have but not with the #9 pick in the draft. Late in the 1st or 2nd round is fine but most of the TE's drafted in the Top 10 never produce up to them expectations.

We need a blue chip LB or OT with that top pick. Possibly even a big WR depending on how the draft is falling. Between Clowney and all of the QB's we shouldn't have a problem ending up with one. Take whichever is the best on the board at them positions.
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