![]() The more likely reaction to the Schultz franchise tag, instead of believing Schultz is a good player, is that the Cowboys have bigger needs to fill in free agency than TE. So, why the outrage about $10.9 million? Tagging Schultz fills one of the biggest needs If you consider all of this, Schultz is a top-seven TE in the league, and tagging him to be the seventh highest-paid TE is worth his value. But also acknowledge that Goedert and Pitts are worse in both categories, and Kelce, Goedert, Pitts, and Waller are worse run-blockers. So if your argument is that Schultz is a bad blocking tight end, you aren’t entirely wrong. But among the six names listed above as the best TEs in football, only Andrews and Kittle finished with a better run-blocking grade, and Kittle, Andrews, Kelce, and Waller finish with a better pass-blocking grade. Out of 85 qualifying tight ends by PFF grading, Schultz finished as the 19th best run-blocking TE and the 31st best pass-blocking tight end.īlocking is not his specialty. The only reason you would rank Schultz outside of the top seven would be due to his pass and run blocking. But here is where Schultz finished in various metrics (among TEs):Īnd among the six names listed above, only Mark Andrews finished with a lower drop rate than Schultz. In that case, tagging him would not be justified. Now, maybe you are in the camp that Schultz is not one of the top seven tight ends. So, if most can agree that at the lower end, Schultz is a top seven tight end and he is tied for the seventh-largest tight end contract, wouldn't it stand to reason that tagging him is a fair deal? ![]() With the franchise tag, where does Schultz rank among tight ends in 2022 salary? Coincidentally, he is tied for seventh. But at the lowest, most can agree that Schultz is a top-seven tight end. Those are the names you could reasonably argue were better tight ends than Schultz last year.
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