I’ve come around on Pitts. He is too good a talent to pass up. Like a generational talent.
if he is there. Take him.
but I don’t think the cowboys are going to have this choice. I think the Atlanta, the bengals, dolphins, Panthers and Broncos all could take him. I just don’t see how he gets past all those teams without one of them pulling the trigger.
Atlanta could take him but I’m hearing a lot of analysts say that Lance and Fields are perfect fits for Arthur Smith’s new offense he is bringing to town and that if a possible franchise QB is there, they’ll take him. That was Scott Pioli on NFL Network. If San Francisco takes Jones both those guys will be there. If they take one, the other will be there. He also said that how often is a team in a position to even have a chance at a guy like that and he mentioned that next years draft appears to be devoid of that kind of talent.
Daniel Jeremiah said that he’s heard plenty of NFL personnel guys say they will take a B- QB over an A+ at another position because of how valuable that position is.
Atlanta may choose Pitts but they very well could choose a QB instead.
For Cincy, Pitts may be a generational TE but Sewell is a generational OT and they need that in a bad way for Burrow. Plus, OT is more valuable than TE if both guys are generational. That’s why OT is always going top 10.
The dolphins have a much Bigger need at WR, where they are pretty devoid of WR playmaking ability. They have Gesecki at TE, who they love and just spent a high second round pick on two years ago. Plus, once again, while Pitts might be special... there is an equally special WR sitting there in Chase. I can’t see them taking him over Chase.
Detroit just spent a top 10 pick on TE TJ Hockenson in 2019. Add in that they lost two starting WR’s in Marvin Jones and Kenny Golliday, along with the fact that there should be two very good receivers sitting there in Waddle and Smith, and it is easy to see them taking a WR.
On the NFL Network, they’ve been saying that Carolina has decided that they’re filling QB come hell or high water. They tried to trade for one or get one in free agency with no luck. People seem to think they’re going to take whichever QB is left of the big 5. I mean they could go TE... but they feel they need a QB first and foremost and this is a good year to do it.
Denver could as well, but they have two TE’s that they love in Noah Fant and Albert Okwuegbunam. Fant was a first round pick in the 2019 draft and both are 23 and 22 years old. Plus, I’ve been hearing in a number of places that Fangio and their new GM are dead set on improving their defense. They run a 34, need a LB and with Parsons just sitting there, it just makes a ton of sense that he goes at 9. Once they signed Darby and Fuller for CB, I’ve been figuring on Parsons likely going there.
Now, all of that doesn’t mean that none of them will take Pitts. Any of them could. But it means there are very plausible reasons for all of them to go in a different direction. There is clearly a way he could fall despite his obvious talent.
What will likely happen though, if he does start sliding, is a GM will call a team like Detroit at 7 or Denver at 9 and try to move up to get Pitts. Somebody will at least attempt to make that trade for a guy that clearly is going to be a great, great player. This lowers the Cowboys odds of him sliding to 10 by a lot IMO. I just hope it isn’t Philly or NY.
I think a dark horse to move up for him might be New England, despite who they recently signed in free agency. You know Bill wants him there in a bad way. Plus, I read that Kraft said how they’ve been drafting isn’t working and they are going to change up their approach. That could mean a big jump up for Uber talented guys like Pitts.
JM $0.02
