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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I'm your host,

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Corey Evans. The NFL Draft is here finally this week,

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and to round out my Rookie player Comps series, I

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am discussing player comparisons for tight end prospects on this

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week's show.

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Speaker 2: Let's get right to it.

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Speaker 1: Five of them, in no specific order or necessarily ranking,

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just a few that I thought stood out the most

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to me on film in terms of enjoying to watch

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their tape and what they can bring from the college

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to pro level up. First is Kenyon Sadik out of Oregon.

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He just turned twenty one and mark so a very

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young prospect with the sky high ceiling in the NFL

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six three two forty one, with out of this world athleticism.

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His testing at the combine was outright insane for his

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body for and position four point three nine forty one

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point five four ten yard splits, forty three and a

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half ag vertical and eleven foot one inch broad. Those

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numbers are outstanding, and you see the box score statistics

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aligned with Sadiq's film that he is undoubtedly a first

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round pick in real life. Now the question is where

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it will Sadik be drafted. Is it going to be

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in line with recent, not even generational, but top tier

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tight end prospects like Kyle Pitts or more recently Tyler Warren,

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Colston Lovelin, even Rock Bowers. I'm not sold that Sidiq

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is going to be as high in terms of draft capital,

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but he should firmly land somewhere in the top twenty

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or so picks. Style on film for Sadiq in terms

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of comparisons, I see some wide receiver traits of vintage

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Aj Green with by positioning and after the catch instincts.

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Meets the tight end tools of throwback comp Vern Davis,

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who is a do it all tight end in terms

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of pass catching and blocking high football IQ, even the

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after catch abilities of Trade McBride for an instant or

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recent NFL comparison. So I am very high and optimistic

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on the talent of Kenning Sadik. Ultimately, my projection is

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that ends up being a top ten to fifteen pick.

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Speaker 2: Of course, landing spot dependent.

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Speaker 1: We need to see him land in an NFL system

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that needs help a tight end. The skill set itself

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for Sadiq is athletic monster that's visible both as a

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as I mentioned box score compilation or watching him play

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football on tape.

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Speaker 2: Standout receiving traits.

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Speaker 1: He is a wide receiver in a tight end's body,

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Smooth as butter route running both before and after the catch,

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physical and able blocker which keep him on the field

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for most downs as a pro, shifty, elusive after the catch,

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really good contact balance, and he does in fact thrive

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in the middle of the field and red zone. And

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that is the bread and butter of success or at

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least a blueprint for a tight end at the NFL level.

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Oscar Delp out of Georgia continues to rise in my

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pre draft rankings. G just a solid all around, well

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rounded tight end prospect. Was not receiving necessarily a ton

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of buzz, but I see him going on Day two,

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round two to three, if not early day three.

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Speaker 2: In a worst case scenario, he's twenty two.

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Speaker 1: He'll be twenty three in August checks in at six

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four two forty five. He did take a backseat to

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former teammate Brock Bowers, but then Delp regain the spotlight

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in twenty twenty five for Georgia. The style I see

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on tape, for comparison's sake, is zach Ertz with glimpses

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of in fact, brock Bowers. When it comes to run

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to the catch block, Bowers is by far the better

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prospect and better tight end. However, Oscar Delp has glimpses

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of similar talent and skill set. Speaking of what I've

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seen on tape out of Delp, He's a traditional move

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tight end with national receiving skills and reliable hands, a

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depth blocker, willing and able to block, which is key,

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yard after the catch and contact specialist. You'll see dep

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constantly churn and accumulate more yardage.

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Speaker 2: Once the ball is in his hands.

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Speaker 1: He has action glue for hands, very few drops, shorts,

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intermediate route runnering, not going to see depe stretch the

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seam or become this virgal threat. That's not his game,

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and he's most of his damage in the middle of

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the field, think shallow crosses and after the catch yard accumulation.

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I think that Oscar delt is going to help an

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NFL team immediately, and I want plenty of shares in

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my dynasty Rigey drafts if you miss out on Kenny

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Tadek Delps in that next tier. So where top five

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Ish tight ends in this year's class are going to

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be valuable commodities, especially in tight end premium leagues. Up

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next is Max Clair out of Ohio State. He did

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not tested the combine, so his buzz has only recently

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gained some steam. He is twenty two twenty three in

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July six four two forty six, almost identical build to

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Oscar Delp. The style I see for Max Clair reminds

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me eerily of Dallas Goddard, and Dallas Goddard has been

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both a touchdown machine and reliable factor for the Eagles,

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a really above average pro for tight end purposes, and

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I see a similar path for Max Claire. The skill

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set itself from tape. I've watched Claire a move tight

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end with a tall frame, which again stylisticly is how

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would describe Dallas Goddard huge body frame, but the height

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is what makes a difference. In those one on one are

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red zone situations. Max Claire is a field structure, a

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seam stretcher at that red zone. Weapon routinely with Ohio State.

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Julian Sane, the quarterback of Ohio State, constantly targeting Claire

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in the red zone in twenty twenty five and Max

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He's fluid, he glides after the catch wide receiver tight

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movement in a tight end body. I've seen some reports

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that Max Claar will be tight End two drafted behind

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Kenny Cidek this year. Plenty of Top thirty visits were

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given to Claire, so Sadik Delp and Claire are certainly

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near the top of my pre draft ranking list, and

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I wanted to include them for the sake of comparison

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to see where I am viewing them from both a

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style and skill set perspective. Time for a quick break.

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Let's discuss Sam Rousch out of Stanford twenty two, twenty

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three and September, one of the larger tight end prospects

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at six six two sixty seven in this year's class. However,

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he does receive criticism when it comes to his wingspan

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and or catch radius with arm length around thirty one inches,

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and I think that being on the smaller side is

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being overblown. Sure it might become an issue when it

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comes to blocking and arm extension, but as a pure

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tight end prospect, I am a big fan of what Sam.

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Speaker 2: Rausch has to offer.

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Speaker 1: In terms of style, I see Sam Laporta meets Mark

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Andrews right, a complete old school traditional inline tight end

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who can be lined up in the slot based on

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his athleticism and agility. The skill set is that he

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is complete, can do it all, ketch and block agile

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a quarterback's best friend as a checkdown security blanket, and

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his underneath route and afteric ketch prowess are standout traits.

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So Rausch is someone that has certainly been climbing rankings

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in the pre draft process.

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Speaker 2: I'm hoping he.

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Speaker 1: Lands Day two and it would not shock me at off.

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We look back years from now, Raush ends up being

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one of, if not the best tight end in the

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twenty twenty six rookie class.

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Speaker 2: And then last, but not least, Eli Raridan.

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Speaker 1: Out of Notre Dame one of my favorite sleeper tight

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ends in this year's crop. He just turned twenty two

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this past February six, six two forty five, so same

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height as Rausch, just not as heavy in terms of weight.

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The style reminds me of a throwback cop. Tyler Eifert,

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also a Notre Dame product, meets Noah Gray, and I

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say that not lightly because I think Noah Gray is

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a solid talent. He's just been burging behind Travis Kelce.

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He had to city Tyler Eifert. The red zone usage,

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the after ketch abilities meets Noah Gray. What he can

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do in shorts, intermediate route running. That's what I see

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for Eli rare it In. And he's an exceptional blocker

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that's going to get him on the field often. And

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there's plenty of NFL lineage with his family as professional

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athletes that I think is going to give him pedigree

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to be a Day three lock. I think he should

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certainly be drafted. But don't be surprised if Raydon pushes

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for Day two and becomes a versatile weapon or chess

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piece and h back meets tight end in the NFL,

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if you will in a sense some John new Smith

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vibes in terms of usage. Now a skill set is

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that Rarian's athletic. He's an underrated talent. He can stretch

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a field and be using underneath routs, fluid route runner,

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consistent hands, and such smooth strides after the catch. So again,

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like comparison, Tyler Eifert meets Noah Gray with some shades

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of John hus Smith usage, all package into a solid

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profile that will do what we'll enjoyed not only my

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rookie player comp series of quarterback, running back, wide receiver,

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and now tight end, but my entire pre rookie process

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the fun begins. The NFL draft is upon us. See

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what the actual decision makers in the NFL think of

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said prospects, and we can reevaluate, reshuffle and have fun

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in our dining rookie drafts.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening.

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