And to add to my above point....Schultz can make 9 million if he meets all his incentives. It's actually 7 million plus. Hardly a franchise guy and top TE.
As I wrote, I was focusing strictly on the blocking. Kelce takes over as a receiver. Kelce is a big receiver, called a TE. A Joker TE.
If we focus solely on the blocking, which is your point about being a turnstile, the fact is so is Kelce. But nobody notices, or cares, because of his superior receiving skills.
If you do trust your eyes, then spend some time watching Kelce's blocking. He isn't very good at it.
Anyway, Dalton is gone, so it doesn't matter. My point is that his blocking was on par with Joker TEs. None of them are very capable blockers. The traditional TE doesn't get the glory. The receiving TE, or Joker TE, does.
Unfortunately for Dalton, he's only a decent receiver. So he's not a traditional TE, nor a Joker TE.