Tyler Warren vs Mason Taylor

3ParStillDriver said
Tyler Warren is a man amongst mice on that football field. He's super aggressive with the catch. He plays extremely angry as well. He runs the ball exactly like Taysom Hill once its in his hands. For this reason Penn State used a lot of TE screens to him. He's a complete "Go get it" when the ball is in the air, and quite honestly, Drew Allar probably wouldn't even be a known name without Tyler Warren. He can also run block. To top that off. Imagine a younger Travis Kelce, who ran as angry as Taysom Hill when he caught the ball. That's Tyler Warren. He can find the soft spot in zones and just sits, waiting for the catch and people can't outplay him for it. One handed grabs? Sure. Runs like Taysom Hill? yup. Always finding ways to get open? That too. Dependable hands? Of Course.

He really is a complete game changer for an offense.

Mason Taylor is just simply a good TE but not something to build an offense around. His ceiling is more like LaPorta for the Lions. Tyler Warren can quite literally put the offensive passing game on his back and carry the team, as well as help out significantly in the run game with his blocking.

On top of that, Luke Lachey is a better TE than Mason Taylor. Taylor is known because of LSU and Lachey is not because he's from Iowa with an awful QB and missed the 2023 season with an ankle injury that required surgery. But Lachey is superior to Taylor during game time.

I understand the "team, QB, or scheme held this skill player back in college" narative. It was the case made for Mike Thomas coming out of Ohio State. But I dont see how it really fits with Lachney vs Taylor.

For one thing, missing a year of football to injury is more of a red flag than it is a legitimate excuse for lack of production... and for saints fans thats a big worry. Also, the same can be said for Taylor being in an offene that is very much centered around its all-world WRs, and the TE is asked to mostly do the dirty work on third downs when the early down shot plays didnt work.

I'd take Taylor a lot sooner than I would Lachey right now. Maybe the combine shows something different, but what Ive seen of Taylor shows that he is still an ascending player. I dont think he's peaked yet.

And as far as your player comp... I'll take a LaPorta at TE any day and twice on draft day. Sure Id like a Kelce, but the main thing that sets him apart to me is target volume. His hayday was when the chiefs had him and ty hill. Defenses had to pick their poison on every snap.

This is the draft to upgrade your TE. It would be a shame of we didnt walk away with at least one of them. And yeah, I'd be cool with Lachey or Taylor if we dont get Warren or Loveland.