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Bill Voth agrees, TE could be the pick at 30

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Jerrell Adams intrigues me in the middle rounds. He has the height-weight-speed to be an elite TE whereas the other guys are more polished coming out, but have lower ceilings.

I really liked Tyler Higbee, but I'm pretty sure he is off our board after he put a guy in a coma for a week. He would be off mine.

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Thanks for sharing.  I like it and could grow to love it.  Don't LOVE it now only because "freakier" TEs like Gronk and Graham were taken slightly later in the draft.  Even ASJ 2 years ago (though lazy) was more of a physical freak.  Witten was a 3rd rounder as well.  Maybe his football player father bloodlines, the fact he catches everything, and intangibles make up the difference.  Kid does look solid at worst.  Little bust factor is nice.

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Voth makes a great point--we are beginning to build for the future by having star talent come in and sit behind the already superstar talent we have.  That means a TE is most definitely being drafted . . . just not maybe in the first or second round.  What's the point in reaching for a guy like H. Henry if we still have Olsen?  I know, i know . . . the future, the future.  And that's true.  But is that reason alone worth taking him in the 1st/trade up in the 2d?  I'd say it isn't.  If he is going to sit a lot [see Shaq], then what's the point?  Take someone with higher potential and let him learn the system as H. Henry would be doing anyway.  I understand that we would like to start running two-TE sets immediately, but there are other positions that need to be reinforced before that, and if the value is there at those positions, I could see us skipping on H. Henry altogether.  That's just one scenario, but I guarantee Getts and crew have had that exact conversation.  What would be even better is if we trade down out of the first if it's possible.  There just isn't much value anywhere.  And with our new cap situation, we can afford to carry more low cost picks.

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20 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Jerrell Adams intrigues me in the middle rounds. He has the height-weight-speed to be an elite TE whereas the other guys are more polished coming out, but have lower ceilings.

I really liked Tyler Higbee, but I'm pretty sure he is off our board after he put a guy in a coma for a week. He would be off mine.

Hell yeah GAMECOCKS

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I wouldn't say that a TE will definitely be taken in this draft.  Overall, this is a very weak TE class.  The fact that Henry is still only being talked about as a borderline 1st round pick when he's head and shoulders the best TE prospect in the draft is a testament to how weak the TE class is.

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19 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I wouldn't say that a TE will definitely be taken in this draft.  Overall, this is a very weak TE class.  The fact that Henry is still only being talked about as a borderline 1st round pick when he's head and shoulders the best TE prospect in the draft is a testament to how weak the TE class is.

I can't see us taking any TE other than Henry. Henry's grown on me a lot but still think there will be better options available in the 1st. Would be ecstatic to get him in the 2nd, though not sure I want to give up our 3rd which would likely be required to move up and get him. Would be a dream come true if he fell all the way to 62.

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3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I wouldn't say that a TE will definitely be taken in this draft.  Overall, this is a very weak TE class.  The fact that Henry is still only being talked about as a borderline 1st round pick when he's head and shoulders the best TE prospect in the draft is a testament to how weak the TE class is.

Funny bit of of potential symmetry.... TE class was weak when Olsen was selected with the second to last pick in the first round by the Bears. And Olsen was head and shoulders above the rest of his class that year too. Also a Ron Rivera team had just lost to a Peyton Manning lead team in the Super Bowl.

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Just now, TheSpecialJuan said:

Interestingly enough, Bill Voth does not think Derrick Henry is in play at 30 for us. He refers back to a Gman quote in which he says that if you take a RB in the 1st, he better be a three down back.

Derrick was not a 3 down guy bc Alabama had Kenyan Drake.

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