Walter Football Mock

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by NBT

.........And I am guilty of proposing TE Pettigrew from Okie St. as our first round pick.

I understand the value in having a TE who can block. However, I just don't get the love affair with Pettigrew. If I really have to have an "all-around" TE who blocks and can provide a target in the RedZone, then I don't have to spend a 1st round pick to get one. I'm sure that I don't have to tell the Texans, but for those of you who haven't paid any attention to UVa, they have a guy named John Phillips. DraftTek currently has him as a 5th round pick, so go figure.

If you only want the blocking aspect the athletic TE can give, then I don't understand why we don't just get a guy like Lydon Murtha. He's considered a "reach" in the 6th round, but runs a 4.82 at 306lbs. I wonder what he might be able to do at 270lbs and if I could teach him to catch a pass. It's not like Bruener had defenses worried about him running down the seam when we brought him in.