Why does this sub prefer someone like Carnell Tate over Jeremiah Love?
This isn't exactly a scientific observation, but it seems common consensus here is the Saints should take Tate over Love if they are both available at the 8th pick. I got curious, so I looked into both players. Here are last season's stats:
Tate: Objectively the #2 WR on his team with 51 catches, 875 yards, and 9 TDs. Jeremiah Smith had 87 catches, 1243 yards, and 12 TDs. Tate had lesser numbers in the 2024 season as well.
Love: 199 carries, 1372 yards, and 18 TDs. He also had 27 catches, 280 yards, and 3 TDs receiving.
To me Love is objectively the better player, and also can potentially fill two needs with one player being both a great runner and receiver. Given all this, why are people so much higher on Tate than Love? I'm just trying to understand the angle, especially if the strategy is BPA in the draft. If it were Jeremiah Smith I could see an argument to be made for him, but Tate doesn't seem the be the same caliber of player as Smith.