Tight Ends, Tier 1
1. Brock Bowers, Las Vegas
2. Trey McBride, Arizona
3. George Kittle, San Francisco
Round: End of 2 / early round 3 for Bowers / McBride, with Kittle in round 4
Tight Ends, Tier 2
4. Sam LaPorta, Detroit
5. TJ Hockenson, Minnesota
6. Travis Kelce, Kansas City
7. David Njoku, Cleveland
8. Mark Andrews, Baltimore
Round: 6 through 8
Tight Ends, Tier 3
9. Evan Engram, Denver
10. Tucker Kraft, Green Bay
11. Tyler Warren, Indianapolis
12. Dalton Kincaid, Buffalo
13. Colston Loveland, Chicago
14. Kyle Pitts, Atlanta
15. Dallas Goedert, Philadelphia
16. Jake Ferguson, Dallas
17. Hunter Henry, New England
Round: 9 through 12
Tight Ends, Tier 4
18. Chig Okonkwo, Tennessee
19. Zach Ertz, Washington
20. Elijah Arroyo, Seattle
21. Brenton Strange, Jacksonville
22. Jonnu Smith, Pittsburgh
23. Mike Gesicki, Cincinnati
24. Isaiah Likely, Baltimore
Round: 13 and onward
Draft Strategy: For the tight end class, the plan can be described quite easily. Don’t reach for a tight end, and if not grabbing one from tier 1, then wait until tier 3. That’s it!
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