NFL Free Agency

[45catfan]

Falcons to tag Pitts.  Thank goodness, that saves us from doing something dumb.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48015391/source-falcons-place-franchise-tag-te-kyle-pitts

[ProcessBlue2]

We will sign Cole Kmet

[45catfan]

37 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

We will sign Cole Kmet

Is/will he be available? Isn't he still under contract?

[WhoKnows]

1 hour ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

We will sign Cole Kmet

Why? Feels like we got a whole TE crew of almost Kmets. Loveland surpassed Kmet easy and relegated Kmet to Tremble like stats. Kmet’s decent years were because of volume. Kmet had over 90 targets twice in his career. Tremble’s career high in targets is 37. Tremble could produce Kmet numbers with the same volume so why would you ever go for Kmet? Loveland or Bowers type studs, go for it. Meh TEs, we’ve got plenty.

[45catfan]

31 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

Why? Feels like we got a whole TE crew of almost Kmets. Loveland surpassed Kmet easy and relegated Kmet to Tremble like stats. Kmet’s decent years were because of volume. Kmet had over 90 targets twice in his career. Tremble’s career high in targets is 37. Tremble could produce Kmet numbers with the same volume so why would you ever go for Kmet? Loveland or Bowers type studs, go for it. Meh TEs, we’ve got plenty.

Kmet is better than just 'meh'.   Mayer took a back seat to Bowers and is another TE that would relish a chance to start again.  Sanders, Temble and Evans is a better group of TEs than we've fielded during the Ian Thomas era, but it's far from stacked.  That's the problem, our TE room has sucked for so long now that  being 'better than crap' is apparently good enough--which it is not.

[poorboysrev]

1 hour ago, 45catfan said:

Kmet is better than just 'meh'.   Mayer took a back seat to Bowers and is another TE that would relish a chance to start again.  Sanders, Temble and Evans is a better group of TEs than we've fielded during the Ian Thomas era, but it's far from stacked.  That's the problem, our TE room has sucked for so long now that  being 'better than crap' is apparently good enough--which it is not.

AND the last time we took a TE from Chicago that hadn't quite lived up to draft status it was Greg Olsen... bring this on nah

[ProcessBlue2]

7 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Is/will he be available? Isn't he still under contract?

It’s being said the Bears are going to release him

[WhoKnows]

6 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Kmet is better than just 'meh'.   Mayer took a back seat to Bowers and is another TE that would relish a chance to start again.  Sanders, Temble and Evans is a better group of TEs than we've fielded during the Ian Thomas era, but it's far from stacked.  That's the problem, our TE room has sucked for so long now that  being 'better than crap' is apparently good enough--which it is not.

No he’s not. Look at this actual production. Is he getting anywhere near 90 targets with us?

Kmet’s career is 288-2939 and 21 TDs on 399 targets.

Tremble (the definition of meh) has 112-1031 and 11 TDs on 168 targets.

Prorated to 399 targets, Tremble has 266-2448 and 26 TDs. Kmet isn’t making us much better at all. We just don’t use TEs that much and we don’t throw the ball overall as much. Kmet isn’t Greg Olsen.