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(10-18-2017, 11:37 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: C'mon man, this is the same team that drafted two other prolific receiving TEs, during their college careers. Chase Coffman and Jermain Gresham. Sure, Coffman was a bit of a bust, between the injuries and misuse, but Gresham they totally seemed to ignore his pass receiving ability and just tried to use like an extra tackle most of the time.
And your point is what? You expect them to use Kroft strictly as a blocker? Gresham was used as an extra tight end because he couldn't hang on to the FOOTBALL!!!!
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Brad, I don't know what the issue is, but everyone and their mother knows that Eifiert was killed in 2015 and he still played every week, until the concussion.
He takes some nasty hits in the Seahawks game and got up constantly. Rams game too.
Maybe everything was aligned and all was well in 2015, but he indeed was a man on a mission that year.
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(10-18-2017, 11:37 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: And that was with the Bengals. Just think what kind of numbers he might have had with an offense run by Brady, Brees, or any of the others that maximize their weapons?
Idk man, 18 scores in 21 games comes out to almost 14 TDs per season. Gronk has only sniffed that number once. I think Eifert was getting maximized in the red zone at the very least.
I do think different coaches would've used Eifert more between the 20's.
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