FA TE Contracts were low across the board

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(06-05-2023, 01:28 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I do not see us spending significant $$$ on a TE in FA. Just, organizationally, I think that is a direction we do not want to go in. We are not going to spend big at TE, RB, OG, S, or LB while we absorb the cap increases for Burrow, Higgins, Wilson, & Chase. 

There may be exceptions. We paid Pratt decent money. Wilson likely, too. It is a puzzle, not absolutes. Depending on how other stuff breaks, maybe we spend more at sub premium positions. But I think a draft pick and/or bargain vet/ring chaser is more likely. Now, how high is the number we'd be willing to go? And for who, IDK? 

I would agree, but it depends on your definition of "significant money."

12 TEs make an average of $10+ mill APY

Another 4 make in the $8-9 mill range.
That's half the league's starting TEs basically.

So I wouldn't consider $6-7.5 mill range to be "significant money."
Plus, Boyd is very likely gone after this year and we don't know how Charlie Jones will do.
It could be possible we see a shift in the offense where the TE becomes the 3rd option in the offense after this season.