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Tyler Eifert, TE (JAC) (1 Viewer)
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Mr. Irrelevant
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At the conclusion of his rookie contract, he'll have appeared in 39 of a possible 80 regular-season games. 
I just cut him and it felt soooooo good.
I just cut him and it felt soooooo good.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
If this was the NBA, that would be good enough to get a max contract.At the conclusion of his rookie contract, he'll have appeared in 39 of a possible 80 regular-season games.
I just cut him and it felt soooooo good.
Los Gigantes
Footballguy
was surprised to see him cut in a 16 team dynasty league with 40 man rosters and 5 IR spots. I snapped him up and will IR him til next year. He's stil pretty young, and last i read is they expect him fully healthy as a FA in 2018...
Eifert feels like he could be the steal of the offseason. Pro Bowl caliber TE, for peanuts because of injury concerns that are built into his price. Worst case scenario, he can't stay healthy and you are out a few million dollars. Best case, he does stay healthy, and is a Pro Bowl TE. Seems well worth the small risk.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
He's almost dropable, even in dynasty.
Coach Marvin Lewis hinted Tyler Eifert (back) may not be ready for training camp.
When asked, Lewis said he simply does not know if the oft-injured Eifert will be ready. He was limited at OTAs last month but has sat out all of minicamp this week and may have suffered a setback. Anything the Bengals get from Eifert this year will have to be considered a bonus. Tyler Kroft and C.J. Uzomah are his backups.
Coach Marvin Lewis hinted Tyler Eifert (back) may not be ready for training camp.
When asked, Lewis said he simply does not know if the oft-injured Eifert will be ready. He was limited at OTAs last month but has sat out all of minicamp this week and may have suffered a setback. Anything the Bengals get from Eifert this year will have to be considered a bonus. Tyler Kroft and C.J. Uzomah are his backups.
Unless you got to cut down your roster now I don't see any harm in hanging on for more news but at this point I'm going to say if he should announce his retirement before camp I would not be surprised.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Rhythmdoctor
Footballguy
Man this dude is made of glass!
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
This guy's body just will not cooperate with him. It's a shame as he could have been in the Gronk, Kelce tier, for many years.
Stuart Ullman
Footballguy
This guy always has a bum back just like Jordan Reed always has a bum ankle or toe. I'll let him be someone elses problem. Gambling at the TE position is not smart. Sometimes nothing good comes down the waiver wire. At least at Running Back, you know there will be a higher turnover.
Twenty-Four Eighty-Four
Footballguy
I've sometimes been taking him late if I have a guy who I know will be my starter otherwise. That's if I take two tight ends.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
he is basically going as a backup TE. if he plays say 10-12 games....hes is worth the pick. looked good in pre-season too...fine dice roll at his ADP.
Tyler Kroft is garbaggio. I would rather take a chance on an unknown like Seals-Jones or Vannet or even just stream. Kroft played all last seasons and had how many startable games? 2? 3? No thanks.
Eiffert is going to be on a snap count, so idk about him either. Nothing safe about either of those guys.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Went undrafted in my long time redraft. He’s been sitting on the wire 11 days.,I finally dropped Ebron for him. Don’t need him (have Olsen) but if he starts getting RZ looks might flex him. Don’t think we will ever see consistency from EE & he actually is a backup so why not?
TZMarkie
Footballguy
The answer here is Seals-Jones. With Check-down Charlie Sam Bradford, theres a strong chance he gets a fair bit of RZ and short goal line looks. (when DJ is not targeted)
I have Eifert in one PPR (don't laugh, I waited a bit too long) but I may snag Seals-Jones myself, or Gesicki, or some new flash in the pan after week one and stream from there if Eifert doesn't come to life.
TZM
He seems like the ideal TE2. With an ADP of TE14, if you wait on TE, why not grab him and ride him until he's injured and then resort to your TE1? He's put up elite numbers when healthy. I don't see any reason to expect him to suddenly not be good when healthy. He's only 28 (in two days).
He's too damn cheap to risk letting someone else have a top 5 TE for that price. I hate not having him in my short roster leagues.
He's too damn cheap to risk letting someone else have a top 5 TE for that price. I hate not having him in my short roster leagues.
Weebs210
Footballguy
Didn't the coach say he will play on less then 50% of offensive snaps? That's a no from me dawg.
No. The coach said he hopes that he plays less than 50 snaps per game. And personally, I prefer that Eifert is on the sideline for running plays. Keep that man healthy!
Weebs210
Footballguy
I see what you are saying but this also means less play actions and receptions. You pretty much have to get a TD if you only play 50 snaps.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
I don’t want to hijack but in his productive 2-3 game stretch last year I posted a breakdown (in the RSJ thread? Not sure) of what they were doing with him. He was only playing 15-22 snaps a game but they would put him in the slot or motion him from the wing in RZ situations. Different year different personnel but I def don’t view him as a volume play given he can’t block & will likely see limited snap counts. But def an [interesting] situation to monitor & he’s a player to watch.
ETA: didn’t know Gresham is still weeks away from returning. semi-interesting!
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Not really. Only if Dalton audibles from a run play to a pass play would Eifert lose out on a potential reception. Remember, the coach knows when he's going to call a play action so he can put Eifert on the field in a blocking formation on those plays with the full intent of him not actually blocking.
Additionally, the coach said he didn't want Eifert to play more than 50 snaps, but if you look at Cincy's snaps per game, they only had 57.9 last year. They ran the ball 23.6 times a game. So that leave 34.3 snaps per game for passing plays. Eifert could easily play some of the rushing downs where they think they might want to audible to a pass or to help sell the play action later.
In the end, I don't think limiting Eifert to 50 snaps per game is going to meaningfully impact his fantasy stats. I think even 40 snaps per game would be fine given the above data.
Tau837
Footballguy
TZMarkie
Footballguy
True, he was very sparsely used. But I would expect nothing else as a rookie. He did flash in the limited action he was actually involved.BobbyLayne said:
Its not like the Cardinals have a bunch of weapons at wideout, and with Bradford there, he should get some work around the goal line at least. Do I think he could be a top 5 -ish flier? No. But he is free in drafts, and you can snag him, and stream later if need be.
As far as all my reasoning for RSJ is concerned, I actually have Eifert in one PPR league. (over RSJ) I hate having him though, in that scoring format in that particular league.
I think Eifert can and should be a top 10 or so guy when healthy, but that is the issue. HEALTH. I am not expecting more than 3-4 weeks of Eifert and I am prepared to pursue someone else very soon.
Truth be known, with our scoring in most of my leagues (close to standard) its almost the best play to punt completely on TE, if you don't acquire one of the top 2-3. Thats usually what I do, is completely discount the position and get someone in the last few rounds that has some top 10 or so upside.
QUICK EDIT - The more I have thought the last few weeks, the best play for most of us that passed on TEs in drafts until very late, just might be one CHARLES CLAY. The Bills have almost zero to work with this year, and with all the sketchy QB play that might be going on there, Clay might actually be a solid play this year if he can stay healthy.
TZM
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
I picked up Eifert this week for free, moved an Eagles player to IR (actually both Jeffery & Wentz.) Drafted Olsen so it's a just a what the heck kind of move. If it doesn't work out maybe I'll see if RSJ is on the WW later in the year.
TheFanatic
Footballguy
SameSongNDance
Footballguy
I watched all of his targets and he looked good, I targeted him in every league in which he was dropped. His snaps have gone 40% > 64% > 65% and target share 11%, 10%, 17%.
I didn't notice any real boost in his numbers when Green is out, there's nothing interesting about those splits although I'll double check. But the TDs should be coming soon.
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