The Eifert Dilemma

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(03-07-2019, 12:52 PM)schroomytunes Wrote: With our current TE situation I'd do this:

1) re-sign CJ uzomeh- 2yr- 3.5 million

2) Draft A TE- a must!!!

3) re-sign Eifert-1yr 3million, with another 2 million in incentives.

4) Draft Another TE in rd 6.

Couple comments on the bolded...
Nick Boyle just got 3 years, $18 mill from the Ravens. I'd expect it's going to cost probably $5-7 mill a year just to keep Uzomah since he's been more productive than Boyle.
Regarding Eifert, the incentives don't really help in terms of cap space because you have to reserve all that amount in case Eifert does meet those incentives. So he'd still count $5 mill toward the cap. At this point, I wouldn't give him more than $4 mill in total, as I don't want to see more than that eaten up from the cap. I know that's low, but at this point, Eifert's played only 14 games over the past three seasons and has never played a full season. I'm ready to move on.