building for a superbowl?

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Originally Posted by Paintrain

Shannon Sharpe is going to the Pro Bowl one day as a result of Shanny's offense so yeah, I'd say it's TE friendly..

Why does everything that has to do with OL have to be an either or scenario? Is there a rule we can't have 2 really good TE AND quality starting and backup offensive linemen?

It would be great if we could, but as things are right now, we have two really good pass catching tight ends, and serious holes along the offensive line. So given our particular situation, you have to ask yourself this: What's more important? If trading away one of those two capable tight ends meant we could get a high draft pick or a decent, potential Pro Bowler which could be used to shore up the O-line, wouldn't you do it?

I know what you are saying: Let's keep both of our tight ends AND fix the O-line. I agree. Let's do it.

My only point of contention is that it's going to be difficult to do that, and the possibility of fixing the O-line is greater if you can garner a high draft pick (2nd or 3rd round) and/or a decent veteran from another team if you can part with one of the players where you have an over-abundance of talent.

Is Shannon Sharpe an anomoly who had atypical stats for tight ends in Shanahan's offense? Or are there other players at that position that did the same thing?