Touche’. The point I was attempting to make is Fulmer out talented teams. He rarely if ever out coached them. I remember so many Vandy and Kentucky one score games mid way through 4th quarter. Question: How many games did Fulmer win with equal or lesser talent??
Outside of us and Florida the league was just terrible in the 90’s. UGA, Bama and LSU were way down. It’s not coincidence Fulmer’s decline started with the hiring of Saban, Richt and Meyer. That ‘98 team had 20 NFL starters and 6 all pro’s in the 2 deep and came a whisker of losing 5 games.
You could be on to something although I do think NFL likes their TE’s to be 6’4” or better. Anybody remember David Martin? Big slow WR here at Tennessee but had a 7/8 year NFL career as a TE.