Our TE's - Eifert, Kroft, Uzomah

[Shake n Blake]

(07-20-2015, 03:05 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Here's a list of guys that have produced consistently and have earned a right to be ranked above Eifert IMO: Clay, Olsen, Bennett, Witten, Julius Thomas, Kelce, Cameron, Miller, Rudolph, Gronk, Celek, Gates, Cook, Graham, Davis, Walker, and Reed.

That's 17 guys right there that have proven themselves. Sure Celek had a down year and Rudolph has been injured, but both have proven they produce extremely well.

Then you have teams that have great depth and young players. Like behind Celek there is Ertz. Then you have Ebron and Pettigrew in Detroit, young stud with another quality veteran.

Baltimore they have Pitta and just drafted Maxx Williams, the highest rated tight end in this year's.

Jets have Amaro, a young, promising tight end.

We can go by what we THINK our guys are going to do, but there are a ton of proven players and young players to rival ours, and many of those players have shown they can certainly produce consistently at a high level. We don't know if Eifert and Kroft can do that.

There's not many teams with unproven talent at the tight end position once you look at it all. So it's not as crazy to believe that we're in the bottom half of the league. Inexperience does that.

Celek had 340 yards last year and is 30 years old. His numbers have declined in 4 straight seasons, so it's fair to wonder if he's just about washed up. Again, Eifert has 482 yards in his 16 games as a part-timer. So not only does Eifert have a brighter outlook moving forward, he also has better recent numbers.

Same can be said about Kyle Rudolph and Vernon Davis. Rudolph has never produced more than 493 yards in a season, and had 231 yards in 8 games last year. Vernon Davis looked done last year with only 245 yards. The speed he had through his career looked gone.

You claim Ebron is a "young stud", but all he's done is get drafted in the first round and produce 248 yards in his rookie season. Eifert was drafted in the first round and produced 445 yards in his rookie season. Do you think he's a young stud as well? 

Dennis Pitta - from all reports - isn't likely to play this year. Maxx Williams has done less than Eifert in the NFL. 

Jace Amaro produced 345 yards in his rookie season. That's 100 yards less than Eifert, and you seem like you're impressed with Amaro. 

Tbh, I have Eifert as a middle of the pack TE based on past production. As for the inexperience behind him, not many teams have 2 experienced quality TE's on their roster. Who do the Steelers have behind Heath Miller? Who do the Ravens have behind Maxx Williams (a rookie)? Who do the Browns have behind Rob Housler? Who do the Seahawks have behind Graham? Who is behind Gronk? Who is behind Cameron for the Dolphins? 

If you actually look at every roster in the NFL, there really aren't many teams that have a high quality experienced backup.

(07-20-2015, 08:00 PM)Hammerthis Wrote: It's because none of our TEs have done anything in the NFL worthy of praise. We don't have the worst TEs in the league, but we're not too far off.

I remember a lot of folks praising Gresham's rookie season, when he had 471 yards. Yet people blow off Eifert's 445 yards as if it was nothing.