Are you freaking kidding me?

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(05-24-2018, 02:36 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: well I don't think his elbow is an issue its been his back... that was when he just got back from getting his elbow destroyed in the opening minutes of the ravens game in 2014 right?

True, he has had all sorts of injuries, but a few have been freak accidents like the elbow and when Mike Mitchell
was head hunting him and he got that concussion. I believe that was the game too, against the Ravens, nasty.

(05-24-2018, 02:40 PM)depthchart Wrote: How long is your leash on having Eifert here though ?

If he has another injury plagued season in 2018 ?

I am leaning towards Drafting say either a 1st, 2nd or 3rd rounder in the 2019 Draft to add to Kroft should Eifert continue to be unreliable health wise. Most likely 2nd or 3rd round.

TWO healthy tight ends that are at least as good as Kroft may be better than Kroft plus an oft injured Eifert for 2019 and beyond.

I am willing, however, to give Eifert 2018 to regain his health and form.

After that, I am losing some patience and may simply be happy with TWO healthy Kroft caliber tight ends for 2019 (without Eifert) since Dalton thrives when having tight ends producing. Hopefully the rookie we would get would even be a little better than Kroft though not an Eifert.

Continually retaining Eifert may prevent this from happening...

My patience is wearing thin myself with Eifert, just happy we gave him one more year to see if he can finally put
together a healthy season. If he can and the back is not a problem he is one of the best but even then anyone
would have to take his prior injury history into account when thinking about another contract.

I would be for Drafting a TE early even if Eifert has a great season and we extend him, i think we did enough with
the O-line hopefully that we don't need to Draft one of them. These big, pass catching TE's can be big time weapons
that are hard for any Defense to cover.