Ahmed brings a lot of things to the table for this pod, but Connor’s nuanced football knowledge leads to nuanced football conversation for the pod (isn’t that what this is what this is all about?) Connor needs a place on this progrumm
These two together are unmatched, if the executives don’t realize then I don’t know. Northeast high iq football talk. Connor is so informed and truly good guy
yes, ahmed is a good host (prob of literally anything he enjoys) but these two know football on a level that ahmed (or me) do not. ahmed could come on with these two
@@EffigyofChaos there are TE's in this class who tested better athletically across the board then Washington did like Zack Kuntz who scored a perfect 10 RAS athletic score at the combine.
Blocking is important for a Tight End, but perhaps not that important. (PFF) 2022 season Travis Kelce finished the year ranked 15th at the position with a 61.2 run-blocking grade. Six tight ends recorded at least 800 receiving yards in 2022; Kelce had 802 yards after the catch. Evan Engram ranked third among tight ends with 88 catches; Kelce had 92 catches that resulted in either a first down or a touchdown.
Washington’s numbers for the most part are better than Gronkowskis were. Gronk ran a 4.68 40. Washington is taller with longer arms and bigger hands. The only catoagories where Gronk wins are vertical by 2 more inches and bench press by 2 reps.
CJ Uzomah at his pro day in 2015 his number were better than Washingtons. CJ is 1 inch shorter and weighed 2 pounds less than Washington and he ran a 4.62 had the same vertical CJs arms are longer Washingtons hands are bigger and Washington’s broad jump was 4 inches longer. The only thing Washington really beat CJ on was the 20 yard shuttle. Long speed CJ is better. Better 40 better 10 yard split. Bench press was the same for both. 21 reps.
Darnell Washington is a dawg and not just a Georgia Dog. He’s a top 10 player if they knew how to use him. It’s honestly no stopping him when he has confidence that he can hang in the league.
He may turn out to be the best TE of this draft if he goes to the right team and has a good coach to develop and utilize his skillset. I think he has the highest ceiling out of all the TE in the draft and could end up being one of the steals in the draft.
he had a phenomenal end of the season. Wylie has had some real inconsistencies against some pass rushers (who doesn’t) i think we found out he’s a pretty solid run game left tackle too whos lass game blocking benefits from 15run game plays or so
Tight end rankings seem to be all over the map this year. Maybe that has a lot to do with the fact that NFL teams use tight ends in such a wide variety of ways.
You make a good point. But would say 90% consensus seems to be Kincaid as the #1 prospect this year. None will hold up to next year with Brock Bowers who may be a top 3 pick.
I would kill my team if they drafted TE in round 1. My Detroit Lions have taken the TE ranked TE1 3× in 1st rd & twice in the top 10. All 3 TE's (Pettigrew 2009, pk 20), (Ebron 2014, pk 10), (Hockenson 2019 pk 8), all were average and wasted picks that set Detroit back as you cannot miss on your 1st rd pks especially top 10 pks. Detroit was 1-6 last year before trading Hockenson, smartly I might add, then proceeded to go 8-2. Don't draft a TE in round 1 it's the dumbest move you can do at the draft.
I had to laugh when he said LaPorta doesn't break a lot of tackles, that's simply not accurate at all. He was third among all tight ends in yards after the catch this past year, and led all tight ends in broken tackles with 20; in fact, that figure ranks fifth among all tight ends over the last decade.
Kincaid from Utah plays like a machine after he catches the ball and he has great ball skills. Washington is 6'7" and has great athleticism for Georgia. 49 catches for 1st downs (Kincaid, Utah).. it tells you about his character and drive in the game; only 2 drops. See what happens when you ask him to get the team fired up !!! Let's Go !! TE
If the 49ers could get Darnell Washington, it would take so much load off Kittle in the run blocking. And with his wingspan the QB just needs to throw it up and he can grab it for an easy first down or a TD in the Red zone.
Typically what we see in good TE's who are balanced in their blocking and receiving is that they have the toughness, physicality and all the qualities needed to be a blocker, its hard to coach toughness and speed. Route running, catching consistency, etc. are all very coachable
clicked your name there, it showed two recent comments (both negative on simms videos) you should rewatch that reg season game from this year between chiefs bengals. end is in your favor but who was the better team? who’s roster is more talented and contractually more inclined to have more opportunities in future to add to team unlike yours who has to pay how many people on both sides? nobody talks about dj reader needing $$$$ but he’s fucked up our games more than anyone
Pff Run blocking grades for last season : Dalton Kincaid : 59.5 Sam Laporta:53.1 Michael Mayer 82.1 Darnell Washington 81.3 Based on those numbers how can you say Sam is better at blocking then Michael
Detroit Lions fan reviewing this in early 2024. I really like that Simms agreed with Rogers regarding LaPorta is solid all-around but not elite in anything. This links well to Simms' take on Arnold and Rakestraw this year. Perhaps, the Lions are finding that an all-around player is more useful than a player who is elite in one or two areas.
Chris Simms you talked about Darnell’s blocking as being a really good blocker and you talked about Micael,blocking as ok and not as good as Sam’s blocking. Michael Mayer has the highest PFf blocking grade between those guys.
Darnell is a great tight end, but don’t say they didn’t use him because they don’t use TE right, Brock bowers was the best TE in the country last season and he started over Washington. If Bowers was out or not playing, Washington would have had way more production.
I see TE as blockers who can receive and FB as blockers that can run the ball. When your tight end can’t block well then he’s just a receiver in a TE spot.
I hope some of these high school and college football players are watching this show. Your show is a Classroom on what skill sets, how to play position, and how to determine based on my skills sets what and how I should play. GREAT JOB PROF F(Professor Football).
i thought about this last year during the playoffs. he’s underrated as hell, i don’t know much about his dad but i wonder how much that reputation of just being SB qb TV analyst
Brock Purdy and George Kittle knows Sam LaPota. Now when I saw he hightlights of LaPorta from his Frehman year to his senior year, he seem to always catch the ball in traffic with 2 or 3 defender drapped all over him. Definitely like George Kittle. Kittle and him played for the same school, Iowa....he will be a great pick for Kyle in his Offense. He plays like George Kittle. I like him!!!!!!
Washington’s numbers for the most part are better than Gronkowskis were. Gronk ran a 4.68 40. Washington is taller with longer arms and bigger hands. The only catoagories where Gronk wins are vertical by 2 more inches and bench press by 2 reps.
What’s amazing is that everyone is hyped about this TE class and the best tight end in college football will still be in college football next year playing at Georgia
Simms and this guy really flow together. I actually watched the whole thing. Went by really fast
Connor is great. Have him back. Fast banter, intelligent. Draws younger peeps in.
Connor and Simms this podcast becomes next level!!
“You know me ass and thighs is the first thing I look at” lol
No way the crossover episodes this draft season are insane gonna watch this at least twice
Kmmmpmmmpmppnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm😅mmmpmmmmm
Bring back Connor once a week! Ratings will sky rocket again lol
Connor is the man, love his takes on Stock Exchange
Did he leave PFF?
I don’t think so, pretty sure they said he was just missing the latest episode
@@ShawnRickman-zc2xw Connor has never been at pff. He just cohosts a pff podcast. He’s formerly from bleacher report and currently at nbc I believe
@@soapydiscgolf7242 ok thanks
Ahmed brings a lot of things to the table for this pod, but Connor’s nuanced football knowledge leads to nuanced football conversation for the pod (isn’t that what this is what this is all about?)
Connor needs a place on this progrumm
We need more clip's from each player for Simms to breakdown
Great show. Excellent debut hosting by Connor fair play 👍
These two together are unmatched, if the executives don’t realize then I don’t know. Northeast high iq football talk. Connor is so informed and truly good guy
yes, ahmed is a good host (prob of literally anything he enjoys) but these two know football on a level that ahmed (or me) do not.
ahmed could come on with these two
North east lol what does that even mean?
Yes, on his other show (NFLSE), they talk NFL draft all year round.
I've always liked Conor's takes, and he plays off of Simms really well. Good show.
We need Connor as the regular!
Nope. Maybe a recurring guest, but don't disrespect the great Ahmed!
Tsk-tsk, sir.
At least on the draft coverage part of year..
three people could come on from time to time or in general, people don’t like venn diagrams IRL
@@NathanRhwmf good idea.
😢👍😮
The way Chris is talking about Darnell Washington, feels like he wants to have him a lot higher. I think he's a future star
Really goes to show how great this class is. I thought Washington would be higher. He is an athletic freak that is also terrific at blocking.
I think Miami will get him. Him or LaPorta
@@EffigyofChaos there are TE's in this class who tested better athletically across the board then Washington did like Zack Kuntz who scored a perfect 10 RAS athletic score at the combine.
@@IntroducingMrLucci absolutely! This class had some amazing RAS scores at the TE position.
Chris & Connor are awesome
Bring back Connor! Except he needs a haircut and better outfit
connor and his shoes look like he showed up on a hovering skateboard
Kincaid loved bball?
Tony Gonzalez Antonio gates lock.
SAME DNA
Chris simms and Ahmed i thank you. You're amazing
Even Connor is cool
Love the collabs with Connor
I've been on the LaPorta bandwagon. He has "twitch" that you wouldn't expect.
Kincaid to the packers please.
Only complaint, the white socks. Other than that, solid episode.
connors style is comedy, dude spends too much time in brooklyn
a few weeks with simms he’ll be in all black and some hoodies
Connor is cool but we miss Ahmed (and Paul)!!! #Ahmedzing #PaulBully #TeamFlorio💪🏽
PEACOCK COUNTRY...
LETS RIDE (lol)
Connor's shoes look fire!
Blocking is important for a Tight End, but perhaps not that important.
(PFF) 2022 season Travis Kelce finished the year ranked 15th at the position with a 61.2 run-blocking grade.
Six tight ends recorded at least 800 receiving yards in 2022; Kelce had 802 yards after the catch.
Evan Engram ranked third among tight ends with 88 catches; Kelce had 92 catches that resulted in either a first down or a touchdown.
THANK YOU JOHN!!
a TE such as Kittle is great for a Shanna run scheme for sure, but the T Kelce, Waller, Engram are def this gen TE
Connor is a way better guest than Ahmad. Connor and Chris make a great analyst duo and I wish he would make more appearances
He over thinking it with Mayer.. He's a safe pick to be good at everything
I agree
Washington’s numbers for the most part are better than Gronkowskis were. Gronk ran a 4.68 40. Washington is taller with longer arms and bigger hands. The only catoagories where Gronk wins are vertical by 2 more inches and bench press by 2 reps.
CJ Uzomah at his pro day in 2015 his number were better than Washingtons. CJ is 1 inch shorter and weighed 2 pounds less than Washington and he ran a 4.62 had the same vertical CJs arms are longer Washingtons hands are bigger and Washington’s broad jump was 4 inches longer. The only thing Washington really beat CJ on was the 20 yard shuttle. Long speed CJ is better. Better 40 better 10 yard split. Bench press was the same for both. 21 reps.
Mayer has an Old School body and New school mindset at TE… whatever team that gets him will get him to realize that and he’ll be elite
I reckon he is a low ceiling, high floor guy. He lacks athleticism and so I think that will stop him from being elite in the NFL.
Darnell Washington is a dawg and not just a Georgia Dog. He’s a top 10 player if they knew how to use him. It’s honestly no stopping him when he has confidence that he can hang in the league.
whoever gets him hopefully knows how to use him. matchup nightmare. 6'1 dbs can't cover the 6'7 dude with 35" arms
He may turn out to be the best TE of this draft if he goes to the right team and has a good coach to develop and utilize his skillset. I think he has the highest ceiling out of all the TE in the draft and could end up being one of the steals in the draft.
I'm glad he brought Whyle up. Everything I watched Cincinnati I noticed him even when Ridder was there. Very underrated.
he had a phenomenal end of the season. Wylie has had some real inconsistencies against some pass rushers (who doesn’t)
i think we found out he’s a pretty solid run game left tackle too whos lass game blocking benefits from 15run game plays or so
Host dude,you don't have to say "Yep" after every Sims sentence lol ...but he does have more insight on the draft prosepcts
Tight end rankings seem to be all over the map this year. Maybe that has a lot to do with the fact that NFL teams use tight ends in such a wide variety of ways.
Yup. Also theres a lot of great TEs in general so it's pretty much what flavor do you like
You make a good point. But would say 90% consensus seems to be Kincaid as the #1 prospect this year. None will hold up to next year with Brock Bowers who may be a top 3 pick.
I would kill my team if they drafted TE in round 1. My Detroit Lions have taken the TE ranked TE1 3× in 1st rd & twice in the top 10.
All 3 TE's (Pettigrew 2009, pk 20), (Ebron 2014, pk 10), (Hockenson 2019 pk 8), all were average and wasted picks that set Detroit back as you cannot miss on your 1st rd pks especially top 10 pks.
Detroit was 1-6 last year before trading Hockenson, smartly I might add, then proceeded to go 8-2.
Don't draft a TE in round 1 it's the dumbest move you can do at the draft.
Washington is clearly your number 3 you guy more excited about him than the 2 players above
Damn it Connor is great…
phenomenal
Connor is a great addition to the podcast
I had to laugh when he said LaPorta doesn't break a lot of tackles, that's simply not accurate at all. He was third among all tight ends in yards after the catch this past year, and led all tight ends in broken tackles with 20; in fact, that figure ranks fifth among all tight ends over the last decade.
Damn Laporta has 🚀 away from the Bengals being able to get him at the back of the 2nd I think
Love NFLSE so I'm always happy to see Connor!
Thank you Kincaid Blockimh so overblown. He’s average all he need to be
Yea I like Josh Wylie a lot too. I hope the Bengals get him.
Loveeee having Connor Co host. Give it to me on a regular basis! I'm with Connor on mayer, separation means nothing if you catch everything anyways.
Kincaid from Utah plays like a machine after he catches the ball and he has great ball skills. Washington is 6'7" and has great athleticism for Georgia. 49 catches for 1st downs (Kincaid, Utah).. it tells you about his character and drive in the game; only 2 drops. See what happens when you ask him to get the team fired up !!! Let's Go !! TE
Being from Utah I’m praying he falls to #26 to my Cowboys somehow.
I'm pretty sure Connor is just younger Ahmed
If the 49ers could get Darnell Washington, it would take so much load off Kittle in the run blocking. And with his wingspan the QB just needs to throw it up and he can grab it for an easy first down or a TD in the Red zone.
Kyle Pitts has been absolute bust. People were comparing him to Megatron coming out 😂
he’s not a fit there either, both things can be true
Hockensen was labeled a generational TE prospect coming out lol
OJ Howard was super hyped by the media as well
Connor J Rodgers and the J is for phenomenal
You guys convinced me that Darnell should be 3.
Ahmed too busy covering the better sport
After listening to this video, I can’t figure out what Chris dislikes about Darnell Washington🤷🤷
His fluidity and route running, ability to elude defenders
His fluidity and route running, ability to elude defenders
His fluidity and route running, ability to elude defenders
Typically what we see in good TE's who are balanced in their blocking and receiving is that they have the toughness, physicality and all the qualities needed to be a blocker, its hard to coach toughness and speed. Route running, catching consistency, etc. are all very coachable
Hopefully a day 3 TE outproduces all the TE who will be early picks, just as George Kittle did.
As a Dolphins fan, Mike McDaniel would have a field day with Darnell Washington.
How many 3rd round pick does SF needs to trade to go up and pick Washington?
Dalton Kincaid... even the name screams TE lol. Can't wait to see what he does in the pros.
Jeremy Shockey had 74 grabs for 894 yards and 2 TDS his rookie year for the NYG.
ididnotknow
Ugh Kincaid to 31 cmon lol
I'm a boss, take a loss
I'm hoping my Bengals get Mayer & Whyle
i’m hoping your bengals lose t higgins :) (i’m a chiefs fan❤️)
clicked your name there, it showed two recent comments (both negative on simms videos)
you should rewatch that reg season game from this year between chiefs bengals. end is in your favor but who was the better team?
who’s roster is more talented and contractually more inclined to have more opportunities in future to add to team unlike yours who has to pay how many people on both sides?
nobody talks about dj reader needing $$$$ but he’s fucked up our games more than anyone
20:34 he is fearless over the middle... he sacrifices his body and it is just what you want from your player...
Trey Lance knows Tucker Kraft.....would fit in Kyle Shanahan's Offense!!! Definitely compliment George Kittle!!!!
Pff Run blocking grades for last season :
Dalton Kincaid : 59.5
Sam Laporta:53.1
Michael Mayer 82.1
Darnell Washington 81.3
Based on those numbers how can you say Sam is better at blocking then Michael
Only watched highlights and not actual film. Not a fan of LaPorta
Go Bearcats!
Detroit Lions fan reviewing this in early 2024. I really like that Simms agreed with Rogers regarding LaPorta is solid all-around but not elite in anything. This links well to Simms' take on Arnold and Rakestraw this year. Perhaps, the Lions are finding that an all-around player is more useful than a player who is elite in one or two areas.
Connor looks tiny next to Simms 😂😂😂😂
Chris Simms you talked about Darnell’s blocking as being a really good blocker and you talked about Micael,blocking as ok and not as good as Sam’s blocking.
Michael Mayer has the highest PFf blocking grade between those guys.
“For the most part he never does” sounds like a madden quote. Love this show and you guys had great enthusiasm for this conversation
Darnell is a great tight end, but don’t say they didn’t use him because they don’t use TE right, Brock bowers was the best TE in the country last season and he started over Washington. If Bowers was out or not playing, Washington would have had way more production.
Love Connor!
Tucker Kraft to miami.
Kincaid is the best receiving TE in this class. I couldn't put him number 1 with factoring in his blocking ability.
Michael Mayers would be a great fit for the Patriots....kinda Gronk style of playing.
I see TE as blockers who can receive and FB as blockers that can run the ball. When your tight end can’t block well then he’s just a receiver in a TE spot.
Y’all seem to like Strange. As a Jags fan, I initially was unhappy. But seeing this, I’m a little more optimistic
I hope some of these high school and college football players are watching this show. Your show is a Classroom on what skill sets, how to play position, and how to determine based on my skills sets what and how I should play. GREAT JOB PROF F(Professor Football).
i thought about this last year during the playoffs. he’s underrated as hell, i don’t know much about his dad but i wonder how much that reputation of just being SB qb TV analyst
Washington that dude is Gronk what a physical specimen
Brock Purdy and George Kittle knows Sam LaPota. Now when I saw he hightlights of LaPorta from his Frehman year to his senior year, he seem to always catch the ball in traffic with 2 or 3 defender drapped all over him. Definitely like George Kittle. Kittle and him played for the same school, Iowa....he will be a great pick for Kyle in his Offense. He plays like George Kittle. I like him!!!!!!
Sims JR keeps getting closer and closer to a Bond villain in look and style every draft.
I know he’s not a jr
Michael Mayer (Notre Dame) rumbles like John Riggins.
I was like why is a kid telling me about the draft 😮 he proved me wrong, great job 👍
Yes!!! Laporta is a DAWGGG
Josh whyle 69.5 pff blocking grade
Connor!! 🐐
Kincaid would be a good fit for the Chargers or The Colts
Packers should draft Kincaid good fit for them
No Zach Kuntz , I was shocked
who
Connor knows WTF he's talking about
Washington’s numbers for the most part are better than Gronkowskis were. Gronk ran a 4.68 40. Washington is taller with longer arms and bigger hands. The only catoagories where Gronk wins are vertical by 2 more inches and bench press by 2 reps.
Bret Hart shirt? Love it
19:25, 19:50
Mayer will be the best 5 years from now.
Kincaid to the Bills! Simms called it 🎉
35:37 Sharpe should be in this discussion too, especially if we’re talking about old school TE’s.
What’s amazing is that everyone is hyped about this TE class and the best tight end in college football will still be in college football next year playing at Georgia