Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. The NFL Draft is here finally this week,
and to round out my Rookie player Comps series, I
am discussing player comparisons for tight end prospects on this
week's show.
Speaker 2: Let's get right to it.
Speaker 1: Five of them, in no specific order or necessarily ranking,
just a few that I thought stood out the most
to me on film in terms of enjoying to watch
their tape and what they can bring from the college
to pro level up. First is Kenyon Sadik out of Oregon.
He just turned twenty one and mark so a very
young prospect with the sky high ceiling in the NFL
six three two forty one, with out of this world athleticism.
His testing at the combine was outright insane for his
body for and position four point three nine forty one
point five four ten yard splits, forty three and a
half ag vertical and eleven foot one inch broad. Those
numbers are outstanding, and you see the box score statistics
aligned with Sadiq's film that he is undoubtedly a first
round pick in real life. Now the question is where
it will Sadik be drafted. Is it going to be
in line with recent, not even generational, but top tier
tight end prospects like Kyle Pitts or more recently Tyler Warren,
Colston Lovelin, even Rock Bowers. I'm not sold that Sidiq
is going to be as high in terms of draft capital,
but he should firmly land somewhere in the top twenty
or so picks. Style on film for Sadiq in terms
of comparisons, I see some wide receiver traits of vintage
Aj Green with by positioning and after the catch instincts.
Meets the tight end tools of throwback comp Vern Davis,
who is a do it all tight end in terms
of pass catching and blocking high football IQ, even the
after catch abilities of Trade McBride for an instant or
recent NFL comparison. So I am very high and optimistic
on the talent of Kenning Sadik. Ultimately, my projection is
that ends up being a top ten to fifteen pick.
Speaker 2: Of course, landing spot dependent.
Speaker 1: We need to see him land in an NFL system
that needs help a tight end. The skill set itself
for Sadiq is athletic monster that's visible both as a
as I mentioned box score compilation or watching him play
football on tape.
Speaker 2: Standout receiving traits.
Speaker 1: He is a wide receiver in a tight end's body,
Smooth as butter route running both before and after the catch,
physical and able blocker which keep him on the field
for most downs as a pro, shifty, elusive after the catch,
really good contact balance, and he does in fact thrive
in the middle of the field and red zone. And
that is the bread and butter of success or at
least a blueprint for a tight end at the NFL level.
Oscar Delp out of Georgia continues to rise in my
pre draft rankings. G just a solid all around, well
rounded tight end prospect. Was not receiving necessarily a ton
of buzz, but I see him going on Day two,
round two to three, if not early day three.
Speaker 2: In a worst case scenario, he's twenty two.
Speaker 1: He'll be twenty three in August checks in at six
four two forty five. He did take a backseat to
former teammate Brock Bowers, but then Delp regain the spotlight
in twenty twenty five for Georgia. The style I see
on tape, for comparison's sake, is zach Ertz with glimpses
of in fact, brock Bowers. When it comes to run
to the catch block, Bowers is by far the better
prospect and better tight end. However, Oscar Delp has glimpses
of similar talent and skill set. Speaking of what I've
seen on tape out of Delp, He's a traditional move
tight end with national receiving skills and reliable hands, a
depth blocker, willing and able to block, which is key,
yard after the catch and contact specialist. You'll see dep
constantly churn and accumulate more yardage.
Speaker 2: Once the ball is in his hands.
Speaker 1: He has action glue for hands, very few drops, shorts,
intermediate route runnering, not going to see depe stretch the
seam or become this virgal threat. That's not his game,
and he's most of his damage in the middle of
the field, think shallow crosses and after the catch yard accumulation.
I think that Oscar delt is going to help an
NFL team immediately, and I want plenty of shares in
my dynasty Rigey drafts if you miss out on Kenny
Tadek Delps in that next tier. So where top five
Ish tight ends in this year's class are going to
be valuable commodities, especially in tight end premium leagues. Up
next is Max Clair out of Ohio State. He did
not tested the combine, so his buzz has only recently
gained some steam. He is twenty two twenty three in
July six four two forty six, almost identical build to
Oscar Delp. The style I see for Max Clair reminds
me eerily of Dallas Goddard, and Dallas Goddard has been
both a touchdown machine and reliable factor for the Eagles,
a really above average pro for tight end purposes, and
I see a similar path for Max Claire. The skill
set itself from tape. I've watched Claire a move tight
end with a tall frame, which again stylisticly is how
would describe Dallas Goddard huge body frame, but the height
is what makes a difference. In those one on one are
red zone situations. Max Claire is a field structure, a
seam stretcher at that red zone. Weapon routinely with Ohio State.
Julian Sane, the quarterback of Ohio State, constantly targeting Claire
in the red zone in twenty twenty five and Max
He's fluid, he glides after the catch wide receiver tight
movement in a tight end body. I've seen some reports
that Max Claar will be tight End two drafted behind
Kenny Cidek this year. Plenty of Top thirty visits were
given to Claire, so Sadik Delp and Claire are certainly
near the top of my pre draft ranking list, and
I wanted to include them for the sake of comparison
to see where I am viewing them from both a
style and skill set perspective. Time for a quick break.
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be right back with two more rookie tight end player comps.
Let's discuss Sam Rousch out of Stanford twenty two, twenty
three and September, one of the larger tight end prospects
at six six two sixty seven in this year's class. However,
he does receive criticism when it comes to his wingspan
and or catch radius with arm length around thirty one inches,
and I think that being on the smaller side is
being overblown. Sure it might become an issue when it
comes to blocking and arm extension, but as a pure
tight end prospect, I am a big fan of what Sam.
Speaker 2: Rausch has to offer.
Speaker 1: In terms of style, I see Sam Laporta meets Mark
Andrews right, a complete old school traditional inline tight end
who can be lined up in the slot based on
his athleticism and agility. The skill set is that he
is complete, can do it all, ketch and block agile
a quarterback's best friend as a checkdown security blanket, and
his underneath route and afteric ketch prowess are standout traits.
So Rausch is someone that has certainly been climbing rankings
in the pre draft process.
Speaker 2: I'm hoping he.
Speaker 1: Lands Day two and it would not shock me at off.
We look back years from now, Raush ends up being
one of, if not the best tight end in the
twenty twenty six rookie class.
Speaker 2: And then last, but not least, Eli Raridan.
Speaker 1: Out of Notre Dame one of my favorite sleeper tight
ends in this year's crop. He just turned twenty two
this past February six, six two forty five, so same
height as Rausch, just not as heavy in terms of weight.
The style reminds me of a throwback cop. Tyler Eifert,
also a Notre Dame product, meets Noah Gray, and I
say that not lightly because I think Noah Gray is
a solid talent. He's just been burging behind Travis Kelce.
He had to city Tyler Eifert. The red zone usage,
the after ketch abilities meets Noah Gray. What he can
do in shorts, intermediate route running. That's what I see
for Eli rare it In. And he's an exceptional blocker
that's going to get him on the field often. And
there's plenty of NFL lineage with his family as professional
athletes that I think is going to give him pedigree
to be a Day three lock. I think he should
certainly be drafted. But don't be surprised if Raydon pushes
for Day two and becomes a versatile weapon or chess
piece and h back meets tight end in the NFL,
if you will in a sense some John new Smith
vibes in terms of usage. Now a skill set is
that Rarian's athletic. He's an underrated talent. He can stretch
a field and be using underneath routs, fluid route runner,
consistent hands, and such smooth strides after the catch. So again,
like comparison, Tyler Eifert meets Noah Gray with some shades
of John hus Smith usage, all package into a solid
profile that will do what we'll enjoyed not only my
rookie player comp series of quarterback, running back, wide receiver,
and now tight end, but my entire pre rookie process
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the fun begins. The NFL draft is upon us. See
what the actual decision makers in the NFL think of
said prospects, and we can reevaluate, reshuffle and have fun
in our dining rookie drafts.
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