RealGM's Top 10 Tight Ends of All-Time

[Doctor MJ]

Player (Average vote)
1. Shannon Sharpe (1.0, unanimous)
2. Kellen Winslow (2.3)
3. Mike Ditka (4.3)
4. Ozzie Newsome (4.5*)
5. Tony Gonzalez (4.5)
6. John Mackey (5.0)
7. Dave Casper (7.5)
8. Todd Christensen (8.
9. Mark Bavaro (9.5)
10. Antonio Gates (9.

*-Newsome won the tiebreaker over Gonzalez by virtue of higher low ballot.

Discussion thread here:

http://www.realgm.com/boards/football/v ... .php?t=542

[milehigh]

their is shannon sharpe then their is everybody else

[Basketball Jesus]

People actually voted for Gates? WTF?

[J.Kim]

People actually voted for Gates? WTF?

Even though I didn't vote, it was bound to happen since the position's evolution was only recent

[Basketball Jesus]

Still, that's no excuse.

[J.Kim]

Still, that's no excuse.

What I meant by that was, there were not enough marquee names in the TE position over the course of history, so that for most people once you think of TE, you automatically associate the position with someone current because of recency effect....

[Basketball Jesus]

Ahhh.

[Yangsing]

WTF? No Brent Jones?

[sixer4ever]

^^^^
I know! How is Brent Jones not on this lis? Dude was a monster

[Basketball Jesus]

To be fair, I did struggle with the addition of Brent Jones but

[Icness]

After watching Charlie Sanders highlights from last weekend, I wish I could recast my vote and give him the respect he deserves. Dude had some sick hands and great body control. They showed a 5-minute montage of his career and a clip from a Lions training camp where he was showing young teammates how to block at the HOF.

FWIW I was never a big Brent Jones guy, a product of the system IMO. He was little better overall than the guy he replaced, John Frank, one of my childhood faves. Which might explain my bias against the man who usurped his job...