The guy that started at TE ahead of DW au UGA is going to be a top 5 pick next year barring injury.stillthere wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 3:29 amI completely get what you are saying but the guy that starts at UGA ahead of Washington is going to be a top 20 pick barring injury next year. As everyone has seen for a few drafts now UGA is stacked with talent. Just more weapons all over the place at every level of the offense and defense. Gronk was probably the best or 2nd best player on his team in college. He got schemed plays, which is smart since he was good at football. I will take Mark Bavaro 2.0 where we drafted him. Bavaro punched tickets in the run game and made clutch catches when he was thrown the ball.Pabst wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 1:27 pmCould he be that good? Sure! But clearly NFL GM's don't think he will be.Smashmouth21 wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 1:46 am
My point is would you take Gronk at 17? Yeah, I bet. How about halfway in between? I like the odds.
Gronk had 16 TD catches in two college seasons. Washington had 3 TDs over 3 years. All I'm saying is let's pump the brakes a bit before we reserve a spot in Canton. The reality is that guys drafted purely on measureables tend to bust more often than not. As I said, I'll be rooting for him and I'd love to see him turn into Gronk 2.0 and make me eat crow.
If the knee is good DW can be a a Great TE my only concern for him isn’t him but Canada/Tomlin and business as usual. they will run, throw short and waste time only opening it up once behind more than 2 scores. Maybe DW can help downfield in those situations. Who knows maybe they change the Approach but I highly doubt it. As Jeemie said previously better draft D …
