Jones & Keefe's NFL Draft Positional Previews: Tight Ends

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00:00I think Tyler Warren can come in and produce.

00:01I don't think there's much of an incubation period

00:03like there used to be with these tight ends.

00:05So Tyler Warren is the guy that I like.

00:07Outside the top five, who don't you like?

00:09I'm sorry, who do you like?

00:11Harold Fannin.

00:12I don't know how you can go wrong with Harold Fannin.

00:15So he was at Bowling Green last year

00:17and led the nation with 117 catches

00:21and over 1,500 yards, also had 10 touchdowns.

00:26Now, he is the smallest guy that we've named so far.

00:30He is kind of more like a H-back type.

00:34I think he's listed at 6'3", 241,

00:37so much shorter than all the other prospects that we talked about

00:40and given up probably 15 pounds.

00:42But in the modern NFL, I'm not looking for the extra tackle-like blocker.

00:48I don't really need that.

00:50And if some of those tight ends can do both great,

00:52that helps your offense.

00:53But I'll take a guy, and not to go down this route,

00:56but could it be like Josh McDaniels and an Aaron Hernandez type?

01:00Could he go there?

01:01Although I guess that was more Bill O'Brien.

01:02But you know what I'm saying?

01:03Could it be somebody like that that you line him up all over the place?

01:07He's the best probably run-after-catch guy out of all the ones on here.

01:11The biggest knocks on him would be you can't really line him up

01:15and have him block, which is fine.

01:17I'm fine with that.

01:18This would be another weapon type of guy

01:20that you might be able to put with Drake Mann.

01:22But I'm interested in him as a prospect.

01:23I would identify two other knocks.

01:25One's just the level of play, right?

01:27Bowling Green.

01:27And then he is a bit of a one-year wonder, right?

01:30Oh, he had a massive year.

01:32It was a great year.

01:33117 catches, 1500 yards, 10 touchdowns.

01:35The year before half of that, right?

01:36But it was kind of one year, which I'm willing to overlook,

01:40but I think it's worth underscoring.

01:42The guy that I would highlight,

01:43and I just don't think you can go wrong with an Iowa tight end,

01:47is Luke Lachey.

01:49Now, I say you can't go wrong.

01:50I mean, maybe you get yourself Noah Fant or a guy like that

01:52who is highly drafted and can't play.

01:55But it's a good track record in Iowa.

01:56George Kittle, TJ Hawkinson, Sam Laporta,

02:00they get these guys ready for the next level.

02:02So I'm not going to overdraft him,

02:03but if you're talking in the middle rounds,

02:05a guy who I'd take a flyer on just based on the track record

02:07at Iowa, Luke Lachey would be the guy for me.

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