Our situation is different from the teams that drafted Bowers, Warren, McBride. Maybe I’m wrong but im not going to fact check, but I think those teams needed a starting TE right away and just plugged those guys in. We just signed Parkinson to a solid deal and we have Higbee under contract. They aren’t going to bench them right away.
Also, Higbee, a guy that’s been a pillar of our team for a long time, just got back from that gruesome playoff injury at the end of last year. McVay isnt going to let him go out like that and not let him play one full season before replacing him.