06-15-2018, 04:09 PM
(06-14-2018, 10:06 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Yeah, barring any unseen immediate needs, I think a good TE should be on the radar fairly high next year.
IMO, a 1st or 2nd round pick on a TE is starting to look pretty wasteful. It's not like Eifert is alone.
Dennis Pitta - Career ended by injuries
Jordan Cameron - Career ended by injuries
Rob Gronkowski - Has missed 20.3% of his career games
Jordan Reed - Has missed 35.0% of his career games
Julius Thomas - Has missed 36.6% of his career games
Travis Kelce - Has straightened himself out, but missed his entire rookie season
Kyle Rudolph - Missed 15 games between 2013 and 2014
Zach Miller - Has missed 54.2% of his career games
Dwayne Allen - Has missed 23.0% of his career games
Owen Daniels - Missed 22.3% of his career games
Ladarius Green - Missed 33.8% of his games in 5 years, now out of the league due to nagging injuries
This isn't even the half of it. Sure you may find an iron man like Greg Olsen (who just had his first serious injury), but it's like the odds of finding a Golden State fan that was around before 2014. Most of these guys seem to get dinged up all the time. Maybe not quite to the level of Eifert, Pitta, Cameron or Lararius Green, but finding a stud TE who also doesn't miss games is pretty rare.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
