I’m inclined to think the Saints would ideally like to leave this draft w/ Bowers

ELLIASJWILLIAMS said
I thought I clarified it. Bowers is not a size/weight/speed guy. The NFL, falls in love with athletic guys...especially at the top of the draft. For instance Kyle Pitts at 6'6 250 33 inch arms, 10 1/2 inch hands 4.40 w/ good/great production is the type of guy teams will draft in the top 10. Bowers is 6'3, 243 9 3/4 hands and 32 3/4 and a 4.55 40 is a step below him if we’re talking athletic potential. He won't have same catch radius, or field stretching ability.

Going to nitpick again. There’s a good chance he is much faster than the “estimated” 40 time some websites have given him or his 4.5 time as a Sophomore in High School. Bowers had 16 plays of 30+ yards, 9 plays of 40+ yards and 5 plays of 70+ yards while at Georgia. Those are incredible big play numbers for a TE, especially one playing in the SEC.

By comparison, Pitts has just 1 play of 70+ yards and just 6 plays of 40+ yards in both his college and NFL careers combined.

This type of explosive ability is not normal for a TE. He’s completely outrunning an entire secondary