THE DUKE Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Forge said: Want a fun exercise? Go checks Pitts' times against Mike Gesicki's lol that being said, on the field, he's a freak. And here's the added bonus - he's a tight end. Think down the line how much cheaper he's going to be than a guy like Chase / Waddle / Smith for being just as good of a receiver just because of the pay discrepancy between tight end and receiver. If I were an NFL GM, that would 100% be something that is in my head. How much inline blocking you expecting from Pitts? He's going to argue being lined up in the slot and outside and win any grievance about TE vs WR franchise tag. I think chance of any position discount is close to zero. I don't think Pitts is the unicorn people think he is either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just now, THE DUKE said: How much inline blocking you expecting from Pitts? He's going to argue being lined up in the slot and outside and win any grievance about TE vs WR franchise tag. I think chance of any position discount is close to zero. I don't think Pitts is the unicorn people think he is either. I don't think he's going to win that. Graham didn't win and the situation is no different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-mac Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 The Garoppolo trade talk make me think it's Jones. If it was Lance then I think they'd sit him for a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: I hope he's right for my bank account's sake. I just refuse to believe Fields falls past like 7-8 unless there's something we don't know. The guy is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just now, paul-mac said: The Garoppolo trade talk make me think it's Jones. If it was Lance then I think they'd sit him for a year. Was my biggest indicator as well. The thing is, if you listen to the presser, he's talking about Fields way more than Mac, and I think Fields would be a guy just as likely to come in and start right away. The whole thing is just bizarre to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: How much inline blocking you expecting from Pitts? He's going to argue being lined up in the slot and outside and win any grievance about TE vs WR franchise tag. I think chance of any position discount is close to zero. I don't think Pitts is the unicorn people think he is either. The game tape says different. The measurables are great and all, but he was seen this way long before all of that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Forge said: I don't think he's going to win that. Graham didn't win and the situation is no different. Quote Ultimately, Burbank ruled that Graham was officially lining up at the position of tight end either when he was against the line or when he was flexed out into the slot "at least if such alignment brought him within four yards of (the nearest offensive) lineman." Burbank said he only considered those plays because evidence showed that Graham was lined up within four yards of the line on more than 50 percent of his snaps. Burbank determined that it wasn't essential for purposes of this grievance to consider snaps where Graham lined up even farther out. NFL arbitrator rules that Jimmy Graham of New Orleans Saints is a tight end (espn.com) Established that he'd need to be within 4 yards of the tackle for at least 50% of the snaps. The standard is set, so we'll see how he is used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Also, Urban said in his interview on the Schefty podcast their top 3 QBs were Lawrence, Fields, and Wilson fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just now, THE DUKE said: NFL arbitrator rules that Jimmy Graham of New Orleans Saints is a tight end (espn.com) Established that he'd need to be within 4 yards of the tackle for at least 50% of the snaps. The standard is set, so we'll see how he is used. That's good info, thanks for that. I wasn't aware. But now we are banking on the cheapness of an NFL owner, so we will see how that plays out. NFL teams will obviously be aware of that figure as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, .Buzz said: Also, Urban said in his interview on the Schefty podcast their top 3 QBs were Lawrence, Fields, and Wilson fwiw. Didn't commit to TL, right? Maybe that's why the Fields talk is dead. He's going #1. TL to the Jets. Wilson to the niners boom. solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Buzz Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just now, Forge said: Didn't commit to TL, right? Maybe that's why the Fields talk is dead. He's going #1. TL to the Jets. Wilson to the niners That's it... Honestly made me feel very happy to hear though. This Fields talk has to be BS unless again, there's something behind the scenes that we don't know. But then again if there was why would he be in legit consideration if there was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissooner49er Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, Forge said: Didn't commit to TL, right? Maybe that's why the Fields talk is dead. He's going #1. TL to the Jets. Wilson to the niners boom. solved. Sorry, Forge. Can't give you a football for this today. I'm out. 😎 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Forge said: I don't think he's going to win that. Graham didn't win and the situation is no different. If memory serves, it was partly because Graham had "Saints TE" in his bio on all of his socials So if Pitt identifies as a WR, then maybe he will have a better shot lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 hours ago, THE DUKE said: How much inline blocking you expecting from Pitts? He's going to argue being lined up in the slot and outside and win any grievance about TE vs WR franchise tag. I think chance of any position discount is close to zero. I don't think Pitts is the unicorn people think he is either. Pitts is a unicorn. You're talking about a guy who is 6'6" 245 and moves like a WR with the hands of prime Larry Fitzgerald. You're basically getting a bigger, stronger Mike Evans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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