You wanna make a bet this guy doesn't even come close to what an injured bennett did production wise. I know bennett wasn't coming back. Why not just draft a tight end. The value's immensely different. I feel he's a waste of cap space. It's a done deal. Gave up a fourth round where you can still get some value at a cheap price.
Sometimes I feel Like you don't even watch football.
When you take all things into consideration, Bennetts stats aren't that far off from Allens in 2016.
Both played with nagging injuries (both ankles), and Allen often got "shut down" in the second half of games once their season was essentially over
Allen was splitting targets with another tight end, which Bennett was not for most of the season, in a offense that throws to WR's much more then tight ends. Not to mention on a very lac-luster team with a QB who plays Favorites.
When you take that into consideration, those 20 less catches, and 300 less yards, and ONLY 1 less TD, really doesn't seem all that different. (both had 3td games against horrible teams)
Like Honestly, thats before you consider he's going to cost almost a cool million less then Bennett made last year, THIS year, and about half of what Bennett is looking to make this year, Oh, and he's 3.5 years younger on top of it, with a very bargain contract remaining, that takes him into his almost 30's.
And lastly, we traded a 5th round pick for A.J Derby last year, and id take Allen over Derby any day of the year, and we could potentially receive up to a 4th as a comp pick by having Bennett walk this year. Also to note, Derby was a 6th round pick, something we just got, and something we upgraded upon.
At this point, this trade is looking great, and Im feeling like in the end, not a sole will regret it. I don't see how you're so negative or at ends with it.
