1st Team All Pro - TE George Kittle Thread

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
Kelsy, thanks to Mahomes, has left Kittle in the dust.

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
Kelsy, thanks to Mahomes, has left Kittle in the dust.

More like Kittle, thanks to Jimmy, has been left in the dust.

Originally posted by swoosh6996:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
Kelsy, thanks to Mahomes, has left Kittle in the dust.

More like Kittle, thanks to Jimmy, has been left in the dust.

Pretty much Mahomes>Jimmy, but "Kelsy" is such a savvy route runner and he avoids hits whereas Kittle is not on his level with the route running but also likes to dish them hits out. But yeah, overall Kelce is a HOF TE, best TE in NFL history at the moment.

Originally posted by Luckycharms:

Originally posted by YACBros85:
Kittle has the 3rd most targets (41) on the team. Just behind Deebo (60) and Aiyuk (62). He also has the 3rd most receiving yards on the team. He spends 53.5% of his pass snaps inline, 35.1% in the slot and 10.2% out wide according to pff. That only adds up to 98.8%. So I am assuming the other 1.2% is in the backfield????

I know a lot of us would like to see Kittle more involved but we have a lot of weapons on the team (Aiyuk, Kittle, cmc, Deebo). The issue is we just aren't a high volume passing team. We are 26th in the league in pass attempts per game, the top teams average over 40 attempts per game. Jimmy only averages 29 attempts a game. Kittle is averaging 6 targets a game. On 29 attempts a game you could target each Aiyuk, cmc, Deebo, Kittle 7 times which would give you 28 pass attempts. It's a good problem to have with having so many offensive weapons.

Originally posted by swoosh6996:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
Kelsy, thanks to Mahomes, has left Kittle in the dust.

More like Kittle, thanks to Jimmy, has been left in the dust.

Pretty much Mahomes>Jimmy, but "Kelsy" is such a savvy route runner and he avoids hits whereas Kittle is not on his level with the route running but also likes to dish them hits out. But yeah, overall Kelce is a HOF TE, best TE in NFL history at the moment.

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by swoosh6996:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
Kelsy, thanks to Mahomes, has left Kittle in the dust.

More like Kittle, thanks to Jimmy, has been left in the dust.

Pretty much Mahomes>Jimmy, but "Kelsy" is such a savvy route runner and he avoids hits whereas Kittle is not on his level with the route running but also likes to dish them hits out. But yeah, overall Kelce is a HOF TE, best TE in NFL history at the moment.

You mean best receiver at the TE position. The guy is not asked to be much of a TE. George Kittle is more of a natural TE as he excels at the more gritty skillset that is part of the more traditional TE role. When you look at the receiving numbers in an efficiency standpoint, you will see that Kittle is just as good of a receiver as Kelce. Kelce benefits from a pass centric offense that targets him like a #1 receiver. So looking at the accumulative stats doesn't really make it an apples to apples comparison.

Originally posted by pdfortune:
I'd rather have the Kelce tds and yards than watching Kittle with one catch or injured on the bench. Kelce is way better at receiving. Kittle is barely a redzone receiving threat.

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by swoosh6996:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
Kelsy, thanks to Mahomes, has left Kittle in the dust.

More like Kittle, thanks to Jimmy, has been left in the dust.

Pretty much Mahomes>Jimmy, but "Kelsy" is such a savvy route runner and he avoids hits whereas Kittle is not on his level with the route running but also likes to dish them hits out. But yeah, overall Kelce is a HOF TE, best TE in NFL history at the moment.

You mean best receiver at the TE position. The guy is not asked to be much of a TE. George Kittle is more of a natural TE as he excels at the more gritty skillset that is part of the more traditional TE role. When you look at the receiving numbers in an efficiency standpoint, you will see that Kittle is just as good of a receiver as Kelce. Kelce benefits from a pass centric offense that targets him like a #1 receiver. So looking at the accumulative stats doesn't really make it an apples to apples comparison.

Originally posted by YACBros85:
I am guessing you did not read anything I posted in my post you quoted. We are not a pass centric offense. Kittle could easily put up the numbers Kelce does if Kittle were targeted as much as Kelce is every season and the efficiency stats prove that.

Originally posted by YACBros85:
Travis Kelce has 93 targets in 10 games this season. Check out these position splits for Travis Kelce this season. Inline- 25.6%, slot- 43.1% and out wide- 31.1%. How can he even be considered a TE at this point?

Originally posted by YACBros85:
Travis Kelce has 93 targets in 10 games this season. Check out these position splits for Travis Kelce this season. Inline- 25.6%, slot- 43.1% and out wide- 31.1%. How can he even be considered a TE at this point?

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by YACBros85:
Travis Kelce has 93 targets in 10 games this season. Check out these position splits for Travis Kelce this season. Inline- 25.6%, slot- 43.1% and out wide- 31.1%. How can he even be considered a TE at this point?

Now that's how you feature a dominant pass catching TE!

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by YACBros85:
Travis Kelce has 93 targets in 10 games this season. Check out these position splits for Travis Kelce this season. Inline- 25.6%, slot- 43.1% and out wide- 31.1%. How can he even be considered a TE at this point?

Now that's how you feature a dominant pass catching TE!

Okay. Those splits say he is a WR. I am curious to know what Gonzalez, Sharpe, Gronk and Gates splits were throughout their careers compared to Kelce.