and if you think of Reed, he really didn't play TE...he was more like a slot receiver with a bigger body.
I think that a Reed-like player is what they thought they may get with Everett...it's my guess anyway. Although, I think Everett was the fall back, once the other TE's like Howard, Engram, and Njoku came off the board.
Everett was what was left. I didn't know anything about him but I can say I didn't hear a lot of accolades about the pick.
It will be interesting to see what the top 4 TE's from the 2018 draft do this year...Hurst, Gesicki, Goedert and Andrews. I'm especially interested to see how the Ravens fair, the team we will see Thursday with both Hurst and Andrews.