EIFERT OPTING FOR SEASON ENDING BACK SURGERY

[kevin]

(10-19-2017, 10:36 PM)Clep Wrote: Little late? It will be interesting to see if the Bengals tag him. One thing you have to ask yourself - are you okay with seeing Eifert succeed somewhere else when he’s healthy? If not.... I think he’s worth the franchise tag for at least one more year. He’s too talented imo

YES, YES and YES.....If Eifert goes someplace else and does good, I'm OK with it......The facts are he is a very fragile TE like glass.  He just can't lay on the hits or take the hits and that's not good for an O Lineman and TE is indeed an O Lineman. ....I myself would NOT franchise tag him.  I don't see any upside to Eifert anymore.  Plus I don't see his injuries getting better the older he gets, just the opposite....No, it's time to get a true strong big TE in here to block and protect Dalton and block for Mixon and other RBs to pop them open.  More of a big huge blocking TE that can catch and takes a few guys to tackle him. A big tall weapon in the Red Zone on blocking or catching. .....I doubt Eifert does anything for another team, but if he does, good for him. Fear of this is no reason to stick with this made out of glass TE.  Bengals need to discard and take another card and get on with the game. ...Plus, how many play-off games have we won with Eifert, and his back to back injury seasons are giving us losing records so far. Time To Let Him Go And Move On.

ADD ON : Looking at an early 2018 draft site, I see an interesting late round TE. SEC Tennessee TE WOLF. Around 6'6" and 260 lbs and can flat out block in the SEC, but can catch some. Lets get away from these WR types at TE. Steelers and Ravens have won Super Bowls with the big monster types. If we could get somebody the size of O Linemen back in the 60's and 70's. Around 6'6" and 260 " that can block a DE or a LB and match up with that DE or LB in weight and size. Block for our QB and open holes for our RB. Once you can do that, the defense has to adjust often leaving that TE wide open. I say let our WR's run the deep routes and our TE block and pick up some 3rd down catches and also be a big, tall weapon in the Red Zone. We use to throw to Munoz in Red Zone, but if you have a 6'6" and 260 lb TE he would be Munoz size. WOLF for now is listed as a late round, but these guys move up. Florida State has a TE this size. So does Ohio State and Wisconsin. Bengals are bringing in TE's right now for work outs and who knows. They may find a Burfict no other team wanted. A TE may be unemployed that is big, tall and can flat out block DE's and LB's and can catch 3rd down passes and is a big monster in the Red Zone. I like Bengals are already trying out TE's on the news Eifert is going for season ending surgery before he hits free agency. This means back to back seasons of no Eifert and you can't make the club in the tub. Lets not go all Fantasy Football either where you look for Fantasy points. Maybe a big tall blocking TE doesn't get Fantasy points but I've seen them block and make key catches on play-off winning teams which we haven't been in forever. It would be nice to have a big, tall O-Line type TE that can flat out block a DE or a LB or a safety instead of seeing Dalton or our RB's get their rear ends handed to them. No Fantasy Points for it, but I would love to hear a TV announcer say, " Look at this block by the Bengals TE completely taking out this defender, and THAT opened the hole for Mixon's touchdown run ". No Fantasy points for the TE on it, but it does win games.