Eifert cleared

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(02-26-2018, 03:17 PM)phil413 Wrote: The TE tag is "only" about 10M, so I wonder if they could call around and ask if anyone would give them compensation (say a 4th or high 5th rd pick) for a tagged Eifert (if that's even legal).  If not, an incentive deal is the only way to go.

If that number is correct, I would rather they just franchised him this year, took a risk to see if he could stay healthy and revisit the situation next year. If he can stay healthy, offer him a 3-4 year contract, if not, one less year of his "prime" for another team to steal and a strong certainty he'll never make us regret losing him. Taking a 10 million dollar risk for a player like Eifert, for one year, doesn't seem like much of a risk, especially the way this team will otherwise just not use the saved money to spend up to the cap limit.