Pitts is obviously a really good player, but he was just a rookie last year and wasn't able to score touchdowns. I expect him to take a big step forward and agree he can continue to climb the board. But under no circumstances was Pitts better than Andrews last year. In fact no TE was better than Mark last year.
Kelce is probably beginning a decline. Kittle is a freak but is probably gonna become Gronk with his injuries. Andrews, Waller, and Pitts represent the future of TEs rn. (Even Waller is getting to be kinda old now)
kelce's awesome, and the reason he's still high on the list is because of what he's able to do with the ball in his hands after the catch - just seems to have a knack for making defenders look silly in space when he seemingly has no right to
i agree with you that it's tough to have anyone tbh ahead of mark after the season he just put up
i think we're looking at an elite group of 5-6 TEs at the moment, another 8-10 decent guys you like and then it's a muddle of role/utility guys or guys who are really streaky behind them
top group for me:
Tier 1:
Kittle
Andrews
Kelce
Pitts
Waller
Goedert (clearly 6th but also clearly part of this group for me)
Tier 2 (in no particular order):
Hockenson
Hunter Henry
Gesicki
Gronk (if he plays again)
Schultz
Freiermuth (probably already on this list in this tier)
Knox
Ertz
and tier 3 is basically everyone else you might possibly think about starting... guys like tyler higbee, david njoku, noah fant, evan engram etc.