*The TE position has a problem

[Sweetwater]

It's either 80-85 speed max for a TE. You don't go higher than that.

Then LBs have to have those same parameters. You said if you had 85 speed as a DE you'd dominate. Of course you would, because your competition, the OLine, is maxed at 75. Well TEs main competition, LBs, can go up to 90. If anything, giving a vertical threat TE 90 speed puts then up to the level of their coverage. If you keep them below that it essentially makes the tight end position useless.

Obviously don't just up their speed, Nerf them in other places. VT TEs are notoriously bad at blocking. They have simplistic route trees and almost never run double moves, Nerf their agility.

I just think TE has become such a dynamic part of the modern NFL that taking them back to their roles as 'extra OLineman' would be a shame. More and more teams run 2TE sets in the NFL and nobody does here.