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As s part of SB Nation’s “What If” week, the NFL site managers are all participated in a do-over of the 2017 draft.
Last week SB Nation had “What if” week, where we discussed Super Bowl XLVII and the San Francisco 49ers 2019 season. Each team site manager also participated in a re-draft for 2017. Patrick Mahomes went first, which left me with an easy decision of Deshaun Watson. Kyle Shanahan hasn’t had a quarterback that can throw and run as Watson can. That was a fun hypothetical to think about for two minutes.
If you had to guess the third overall pick, you’d probably guess Myles Garrett, Christian McCaffrey, or one of the top defensive backs like Jamal Adams or Tre’Davious White. They all went picks No. 4-7. With the third overall pick? George Kittle. Here was the Bears explanation:
I went with Kittle, who is the best all around tight end in the game today, over other top prospects like Myles Garrett, Jamal Adams, Christian McCaffrey, and Tre’Davious White.
Out of that entire draft class there have only been six players named First Team All-Pro with multiple Pro Bowl appearances and Kittle is one of them. The others are Mahomes, Adams, T.J. Watt, Budda Baker, and Eddie Jackson.
Kittle is a game changer that not only has the most receiving yards of the entire class, but is also a devastating blocker. He’s a three down player that would help
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