Eric Ebron is unlikely to ever live up to his 10th overall draft pick status, mainly because of guys like Zach Martin, Aaron Donald and Odell Beckham Jr. being drafted in the picks following him. That’s not Ebron’s fault, but Lions fans aren’t soon going to forget they could’ve had any of those three pro-bowlers instead of the tight end from North Carolina.
If you take 2014 draft comparisons out of it, however, Ebron’s progress is par for the course of an NFL tight end. Jimmy Graham, Vernon Davis and Tony Gonzalez all struggled, similar to Ebron, early in their careers.