What makes you ASSUME this? Because you believe that much in this unproven rookie? Or because you have seen it with McDaniels offense? Because I haven't seen it. You mentioned McDaniel bringing back Mike G on a $11m one year and Mike G has one of his worst year as a Dolphins. So I don't get how you assume this unproven rookie will drastically impact our offense.
Smythe is the same as jake ferguson, jake ferguson is nothing special but jake ferguson is in a offense that uses TE and therefore he way out produced smythe this year in his first year starting.
If you can name me two TEs drafted in the 1st round that were home run picks in the last 10 years then i can show you 5 times more TEs that were drafted outside the 1st round that are significantly better than those drafted in the 1st round.
Best case scenario Bowers is TJ Hock who the Lions were able to replace in one off season in the 2nd round.
I guess a lot of people on here are convinced that Bowers is the greatest TE prospect of all time.
What you keep calling an unproven rookie is arguably the greatest college TE to ever play. Some of us like to project college talent.
Past projections literally mean nothing on current evaluations. Penn State RBs always suck until they don’t. Ohio State QBs never pan out in the pros until they do. It’s nonsense to suggest taking a TE in the first round isn’t still your most likely avenue to finding a great one, let alone dismissing a generational one.
Guess how many guys have won the Mackey award twice?