Stanback ranked his top five current NFL tight ends, with George Kittle first and Sam LaPorta fifth, and argued Matthew Stafford is a Hall of Famer but not a first-ballot one.

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• Top Player ListsJun 26, 2025

  “Sam Laporter comes in at my number five on the best tight ends in the current league... Travis Kelce is number four on my list... Trey McBride... He is brock Bowers... Number one... George Chittle”

  Scored 55a naive guess scored 50+10 skill
  How this was scored

  naive:

  a coin-flip ordering scores 50

  skill:

  10

  placed:

  5

  season:

  2025

  players:

  5

  accuracy:

  55

  baseline:

  50

  by position:

  TE 5: 55

  difficulty:

  2

  weeks in the season:

  18

  could not place:

  0

  weeks left when called:

  18

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• Pro Bowl and All-Pro CallsMatthew StaffordLos Angeles RamsJun 26, 2025

  “But I don't perceive him as a first ballot, but he's definitely a Hall of Famer.”

  Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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