Hunter Henry vs. Kyle Pitts: Which Tight End to Start?
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00:02 - All right, now let's move to the tight end position.
00:05 We've often joked, if running backs want to get paid,
00:08 they should play tight end,
00:10 because that's just how it is moving.
00:12 But to the point now, Hunter Henry has New Orleans,
00:17 and then Kyle Pitts has Houston.
00:19 So this is, I mean, a lot of questions,
00:21 is match-ups, there's all kinds of things here.
00:24 Whom should I start and who should I sit?
00:28 - Ah, yeah, look, this has been tough,
00:30 because Kyle Pitts is the one that you say in your brain.
00:32 Yeah, Kyle Pitts should be the guy starting.
00:34 Kyle Pitts is a generational talent.
00:36 Problem is, Kyle Pitts isn't getting targets
00:38 in this offense.
00:39 Now, will that start today?
00:40 Will that change today?
00:41 Maybe, but the one thing I think, you know,
00:44 Hunter Henry brings is a little bit
00:45 of that touchdown equity.
00:47 The problem is, he's going against New Orleans Saints,
00:48 who are really tough against tight ends.
00:50 So I feel like there's no win here.
00:52 I feel like it's just losses, which is really unfortunate.
00:55 It's a bad set of circumstances.
00:57 So I think what I will do here is take another shot
01:01 at Kyle Pitts and hope.
01:02 Hope that today is a day where he finds
01:06 a few more targets going his way,
01:08 that the red zone look maybe finds him,
01:11 because Hunter Henry against the New Orleans Saints
01:13 is not a good look.
01:13 It's just not a good situation there.
01:16 Hunter Henry is touchdown dependent,
01:17 just like most tight ends are.
01:19 I think at the end of the day,
01:20 I'm gonna play the match-up and hope
01:21 I can find Kyle Pitts to do something.
01:23 But it's frustrating, because Pitts is another one
01:25 of these players that was going and drafted
01:27 as a top five tight end,
01:29 and he's a top five tight end talent,
01:32 who just isn't seeing top five tight end targets.
01:36 So what do you do here?
01:37 You just gotta hope for better quarterback play.
01:40 And I think the solution here,
01:42 if Desmond Ritter doesn't play well,
01:44 the solution is maybe Taylor Heineke is that guy
01:47 that could pull the best out of Kyle Pitts going forward.
01:51 That's the only thing I can hope for right now.
01:53 And look, I know it sounds bleak,
01:56 but that's what the numbers are.
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