Richard Rodgers: You Make The Call!

[pbmax]

Well, no one at the time or before the draft was calling him "one of the physical specimens" at the time. It was only after the gloom and panic kicked in that we just drafted a guy who did nothing in college that people started saying "all is not lost, although he never showed it in college, he might have some talent"

I tink it was a bit of a panic pick that might pay off. The real target was the giant TE from iowa

If TT knew this kid had tons of talent, and there was no panic involved, then TT shower he isa talent guru, because no one else in the world saw it

You could be right but didn't one of his defenders say he was essentially the last TE on the board with major college exp. and the measurables?

I thought everyone after him were much bigger question marks, including Lyerla.

[Bossman641]

You could be right but didn't one of his defenders say he was essentially the last TE on the board with major college exp. and the measurables?

I thought everyone after him were much bigger question marks, including Lyerla.

Correct, and I believe the next tight end selected after him was a full 2 rounds later or something like that

[Brandon494]

Correct, and I believe the next tight end selected after him was a full 2 rounds later or something like that

Ravens picked a TE right after us but after their pick there was a huge gap between the next TE selected.