01-09-2016, 01:01 AM
(01-09-2016, 12:45 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 1. You say Jordan Reed had better production, but that's debatable. Based on Eifert's projected numbers, he wasn't THAT far behind Reed in yards (200+ yards) while posting more TDs.
2. Is there such a huge difference between 4th and 8th that you feel only a homer would say Eifert is the 4th best TE?
1. His projected numbers? Both TE missed some games. Eifert played in 13, Reed played in 14.
Eifert: 52/615/13
Reed: 87/952/11
I'm not sure how you can look at those, in essentially the same number of games played, and say it's debatable. If you want to do projections, do it for both TE. Here's both of them at their pace projected to 16 games.
Eifert: 64/757/16
Reed: 99/1,088/13
Still not debatable.
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2. I have no problem if fans said he was in the 4th-8th range. You could make a case for #4. You could just say "top-5" and I would probably just nod and agree.
My problem comes from when a LOT of people kept just referring to him as the second best TE in all of football. As if it were an unequivocal fact. There's nothing to support that. If touchdowns were the only important thing, the three best WRs in football would be Brandon Marshall, Doug Baldwin, and Allen Robinson. Eli Manning and Blake Bortles would be tied for the second best QBs in the NFL. Adrian Peterson and Jeremy Hill would have had equally good 2015 seasons.
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