How would you feel about Tyler Eifert?

[rayzor]

we aren't going to pick both this isn't madden

passing league = nfl turning into madden.

i think that's the goal, anyway. got to make the game more exciting. more passing. more targets. more weapons.

[therealmjl]

Maybe if Chud was still around.

[L-TownCat]

Is this TE really worth the #14? I've seen him as low as the second round. Most have him around 20th. Not sure i like this scenario.

[carolina-chuck]

Love it!

[firstdayfan]

Is this TE really worth the #14? I've seen him as low as the second round. Most have him around 20th. Not sure i like this scenario.

You could say the same thing about almost all the wide receivers and safeties. That leaves us picking Richardson.

[L-TownCat]

You could say the same thing about almost all the wide receivers and safeties. That leaves us picking Richardson.

True... But we don't need a TE the same way we need the other positions. And you have to ask the right question. Is this TE better for us at that spot than the available WR? S? DT? CB? All of these positions should be weighted more than TE. Unless, this TE is a Gronkowski, Graham Gates, Gonzalez type.

[Jackofalltrades]

Wouldn't bother me, but we still need a WR-1 in the very near future.

[Monday Night Shyamalan]

I would love it - the TE position has evolved into a major need / threat. I love the Gronk / Hernandez tandem and I would love an Olsen / Eifert combo

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

A perfect draft scenario in my mind would have us trading down with either 49ers/Vikings and still being able to draft Eifert.

[mr beauxjangles]

Generally speaking, first round tight ends have been average, not game changers.

Vernon Davis, Dallas Clark, and Shockey are the guys in the last decade that I would say became huge impact players for their teams.

Others - Greg Olsen, Heath Miller, Kellen Winslow, Brandon Pettigrew, Mercedes Lewis, Ben Watson, Jermaine Greshman, Dustin Keller, Jerramy Stevens - have had varying degrees of success but I wouldn't call them huge impact players. Olsen and Miller are certainly above average, and others on the list have potential.

Point is, IMO, there are more valuable positions, aligning with greater needs, and greater talent. If Eifert were a once in a decade kind of prospect (Luck, Megatron, etc.) then go for it. I don't think he's that guy.

[MHS831]

Good question. While I doubt Gettlemen and Steve Smith are chatting personnel, you hear things if you have been with an organization for 12 years or more. He said that Rosario (receiving TE out of UCLA on our PS) is one to watch. If that is true, remember what Gettlemen said about Victor Cruz, filling needs from your own roster.

I do not think we are drafting a player at 14 (very high for a TE) who will not fill a starting role. However, this is a special TE and the league is leaning that way...who knows? Good question, First day. I would lie if I told you the thought had not entered my mind more than once.

[CarolinaCoolin]

we aren't going to pick both this isn't madden

It's a passing league for one. And two gettleman said we'll be doing bpa. Eifert and Hopkins would be the best players at our picks varying a little depending on whose there. And you can chill with the snark bro

[CCS]

I would be incredibly annoyed if that happened. We already have an all pro TE it would be a waste of a pick to get another.

[rodeo]

I think it would be flushing the draft down the toilet. The team has needs, TE isn't one of them.