I think what distinguishes elite players from good players is if opposing teams need to spend meanfingful time to game plan for a players specific talents. This isn't a dig against Kindcaid, but I am not sure DC's are worrying a lot more about him than average tight ends. I am not sure how many TEs teams even worry about, beyond prime Kelce, and a small handful of hall of famers. Another way of saying it is, how much better does the leagues 5th best TE make a team compared to having the 20th best TE?