TREFF
Fantasy Football Guru--??
Guys like Gronk and Graham they are a rare bread, not in the talent they possess but in the hybrid position they play. Ok and they are pretty talented but, any guy that makes it to a starting position in the NFL is a freak of nature talent. What really separates these two TEs from the rest is the way the Pats and Saints line them up. They don't try and fool defenses by believing they can fool you into thinking Graham or Gronk are going to stay in and block. They know you know they know they are going to send them out for a pass. That is were the comparisons are all coming from, cause Ebron will be used the exact same way. He is a new age hybrid TE/WR so you really can't go by the average TE's stats in my opinion.
The best reference out there are the Gronks, Grahams and Verns and true those guys have had average at best first years but there are many people saying that Ebron can do even more things on the feild than Graham and Gronk and that thought is very intriguing and I believe worth the risk of a draft pick especially if you can get him later on in the draft with a late round pick!!
OK. . Even if Ebron can be that or more, you've basically just proven what we've been saying. The elite, best of the best, are only average or worse year one. Now if your taking dynasty. . Yeah absolutely go for him he'll most likely be in that class someday. But for rookies this year. . In a standard redraft.. he's nothing more than a Longshot lottery ticket.
If you want a young TE, at the tail end if the draft who will produce points this year, much better bets in Eifert and Ertz this season.