I definitely don't get focused on specific players beyond round 1 because it so rarely ever happens, there are simply too many players by round 2-7, and too many needs, so targeting and drafting exactly who you want is just so rare its kind of pointless. I much prefer just tiered out preferences for day 2 and day 3 options amongst the options we're gonna target, so for TE, it's probably: show me who you got for round 3 and after, or DB's, show me round 3 and day 3 etc. Just a preference to me because if you build out like SIP has, here are my WR's and where I think they go, his is more extensive, but it's also helpful, because if you list out WR's likely to be taken in round 2-5, one of those guys is almost certainly going to be drafted by us.
As for the TE piece, I don't think the Detroit angle is helpful. Last year was understood to be the deepest TE class in terms of top end talent, since OJ, Evan and Njoku went in round 1 in '17, and then multiple hits happened on day 2 and day 3 including the best of them all on day 3 in Kittle. Last year's was top heavy, but it had a good day 2 and early day 3. This year is just not. I don't see anything like that trio of Kincaid-Mayer-Laporta or the later guys like Musgrave. It's basically 1 superstud, one guy with day 2 hype based on perception, and then a climber in Sinnott since the combine, and then day 3 guys (who sinnott might be too). Yes, it could just be that teams reach hoping to steal a guy themselves, but it's going to be like that old joke about Hollywood, "It's where thousands of producers and directors desperately run to and fro trying to get hit by the 2nd streak of lightning from a storm". Its doubling down on a '23 strategy in the wrong class, and pretty foolish. If you wanted your Laporta, you should have used top 35 draft capital last year, not this, because this class just have Bowers, nobody is remotely close to the profile of Laporta and Mayer and Kincaid after Bowers in terms of grade.
I think its worth speculating on Sinnott in a trade down in round 3 or early 4, but otherwise I'd just pass. I have zero interest in going that direction unless someone falls into round 3 or 4.
It's possible, his profile is weird as hell, pretty barren until '23, and breakout age is much bigger for WR's than QB's (since I've been ****ing about Jayden's breakout age). Thomas is a question mark: 5 star recruit, didn't do it until '23, why? He blew up the combine, so he's gonna go top 30, the question is, will somebody reach on his tantalizing gifts and not sweat the lack of productivity in prior seasons or will he fall because of it? And somebody mentioned he's one of med flagged WR's too (though not a huge worry apparently).