05-24-2021, 11:19 AM
(05-24-2021, 10:03 AM)BenZoo2 Wrote: Besides, i think he looks like he’s on his last legs. Maybe it was wentz’ issues holding him back but he looked slow
He was hurt last year. He had a high ankle sprain early in the year. And yeah, Wentz, and really the state of the entire team was holding everyone back. At one point I think they had 4 or 5 starting OL hurt. And even more importantly, they were missing almost all of their receiving threats (Alshon Jeffrey, Desean Jackson, Dallas Goedert, Jalen Raegor all missed a ton of time)
He's only 30, and take a look at his numbers from 2019 when he was healthy...
88 receptions, 916 yards, and 6 TD's.
Here's where those ranked in his 8 year career...
Receptions - 2nd most
Yards - 2nd most
TD's - 3rd most
Here's where those among TE's in 2019...
Receptions - 3rd
Yards - 4th
TD's - 4th
Maybe he just fell off a cliff last year, but I think it's more easily explainable by what I stated above (his injury, Wentz, other weapons being out, other injuries)
At 8 million bucks, with no guaranteed money and no commitment beyond 2021, and the fact our Tight Ends are one of our weakest position groups, I don't see why he wouldn't be worth a gamble.
PS As of right now the Bengals have 24 million dollars in cap space.
