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Except that Jordan Reed is a lot better, yeah. Reed is tough to stop in the red zone.

 

If he was on our team "injury prone" and "concussions" would be thrown around a lot.

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Jordan Reed is NOT better then Clay

 

He is a better receiver. He is not an all round tight end like Clay. He might be a top 3 receiving tight end when healthy.

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Which TE's do you think are better playmakers in a non-fantasy world?

 

I think if you are just talking about receiving it is Gronk #1, Jimmy Graham #2, and I think Jordan Reed is right there with Julius Thomas competing for #3.

 

If I am talking all round tight ends, then Greg Olsen is higher, Jason Witten is higher and Clay is higher (just off the top of my head).

 

EDIT: Eifert is up there in both categories for me too. His blocking has really come on a bunch and he was dynamic in the pass game last year. I'd have him over Reed and Thomas.

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From the TE position I look for a player that does not tip off the defense on whether its gonna be a run or pass.......meaning you cannot catch great but block like a little girl.

 

That is why Clay is so perfect for us.....and why he was a top 100 player just a year ago

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I look for a TE that creates mismatches. They're too fast to be covered by DEs and LBs, and too big to be handled by lone CB's. They exist to create space for the offense - whether it's blocking to seal the corner, drawing a double to let someone else get free, etc.



When you watch Washington, the offense runs through Reed, similar to Olsen in Carolina.



I'll slide off of Top 3 and put him top 5 with Olsen and Julius Thomas ahead of him. I'd take Reed (when healthy) over Clay, Kelsay, Witten (at this point), Graham (at this point), Gates (at this point).

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I look for a TE that creates mismatches. They're too fast to be covered by DEs and LBs, and too big to be handled by lone CB's. They exist to create space for the offense - whether it's blocking to seal the corner, drawing a double to let someone else get free, etc.

 

 

So...Clay?

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So...Clay?

Reed is younger, faster, gets more yards after reception, sees more red zone activity, catches more contested balls, has a better catch rate, more yards/target.... is just more productive.

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Reed is younger, faster, gets more yards after reception, sees more red zone activity, catches more contested balls, has a better catch rate, more yards/target.... is just more productive.

...in the receiving game. Without question.

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