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<blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 827710" data-attributes="member: 12283"><p>A couple things. </p><p></p><p>I don't think you need to get worked up about what the "experts" think. It's very common for certain teams to get matched up with certain players in mocks this time of year. It doesn't anything.</p><p></p><p>While I like Hockenson and would be down to draft him in the 1st, I doubt they actually do it unless they first trade down.</p><p></p><p>While Graham, if healthy, would probably lead the TE's in snap counts, a good rookie will most certainly not ride the bench. Last year as OC of the Titans, LaFleur's offense was on the field for 986 snaps. Collectively, his tight ends accounted for 1,502 snaps. What this tells us is that they used 2+ TE's roughly half the time. And that was true even despite the fact that Delanie Walker landed on IR after week one and their snap count leader at TE, Jonnu Smith, only accounted for 611 snaps. Had Walker been healthy, that 1502 figure would likely be larger. </p><p></p><p>If they drafted Hockenson, it would not be outside the realm of possibility for him to account for ~600+ snaps, and that's without any injury in front of him. That's enough to make a very sizable impact. When you consider that in conjunction with the fact that TE is a huge need after the 2019 season (when Robert Tonyan will be the only one left on the roster in all likelihood), it can make some sense that they would invest high draft capital in a TE. </p><p></p><p>I also think you could find plenty of "exceptions" to the idea that 1st rounders need to be starters right away. If our first round pick must "start" immediately then the only position they can really target under those rules is safety and perhaps WILL (and a 2nd true LB plays about as much on defense as a TE2 does on offense with LaFleur). An OT would be behind Bakh and Bulaga, an OG would be behind Taylor and Turner, an iDL would be behind Clark and Daniels, a WR would be behind Adams and a whole slew of players competing to start across from him, a RB would be behind Jones, a LB would be behind Martinez, an ED would be behind the Smith bros, and a CB would be behind Alexander, King, Williams, etc. </p><p></p><p>Are we really going to rule all those positions out because there isn't a clear path to "starting" week one?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dantés, post: 827710, member: 12283"] A couple things. I don't think you need to get worked up about what the "experts" think. It's very common for certain teams to get matched up with certain players in mocks this time of year. It doesn't anything. While I like Hockenson and would be down to draft him in the 1st, I doubt they actually do it unless they first trade down. While Graham, if healthy, would probably lead the TE's in snap counts, a good rookie will most certainly not ride the bench. Last year as OC of the Titans, LaFleur's offense was on the field for 986 snaps. Collectively, his tight ends accounted for 1,502 snaps. What this tells us is that they used 2+ TE's roughly half the time. And that was true even despite the fact that Delanie Walker landed on IR after week one and their snap count leader at TE, Jonnu Smith, only accounted for 611 snaps. Had Walker been healthy, that 1502 figure would likely be larger. If they drafted Hockenson, it would not be outside the realm of possibility for him to account for ~600+ snaps, and that's without any injury in front of him. That's enough to make a very sizable impact. When you consider that in conjunction with the fact that TE is a huge need after the 2019 season (when Robert Tonyan will be the only one left on the roster in all likelihood), it can make some sense that they would invest high draft capital in a TE. I also think you could find plenty of "exceptions" to the idea that 1st rounders need to be starters right away. If our first round pick must "start" immediately then the only position they can really target under those rules is safety and perhaps WILL (and a 2nd true LB plays about as much on defense as a TE2 does on offense with LaFleur). An OT would be behind Bakh and Bulaga, an OG would be behind Taylor and Turner, an iDL would be behind Clark and Daniels, a WR would be behind Adams and a whole slew of players competing to start across from him, a RB would be behind Jones, a LB would be behind Martinez, an ED would be behind the Smith bros, and a CB would be behind Alexander, King, Williams, etc. Are we really going to rule all those positions out because there isn't a clear path to "starting" week one? [/QUOTE]
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