oldschooler Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Have this year, option contract year, and tag year at least. I'd love to see them do it now though because I think he will be a larger part of the offense outside of the red zone this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I'm down, he proved himself this year no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyyearfan Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Have this year, option contract year, and tag year at least. I'd love to see them do it now though because I think he will be a larger part of the offense outside of the red zone this year. Gotta protect him from all these head hits or else he will be retiring EARLY.IT HAPPENS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrid Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'd wait one more year because we do essentially have him locked up for 2 more (plus a 3rd with the franchise tag) and we have so many other guys hitting FA this offseason.Obviously wouldn't dislike getting him extended if the price is right, but I'd be focusing on the guys who are set to hit FA sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rumble In the Jungle Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 And Ertz couldn't even hold Eifert jock straps. Oh boy, Eifert is gonna wanna get paaaaaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scharm Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 And Ertz couldn't even hold Eifert jock straps. Oh boy, Eifert is gonna wanna get paaaaaidStructure. Ertz's counts only 3.3 against the cap in 2016 and 5.6 in year 2017. Starting in 2018 his salaries jump which are not guaranteed unless he's worth it. Could easily look at this deal as 2 years with 5 annual renewals going through 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B. Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 He can wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Tough call on this one. As mentioned previously, Zach Ertz just signed a 5 year deal for $42.5 million with an $8 million signing bonus and $13.187 million fully guaranteed. We could risk it and place the tag on him just before the 2017 season. The franchise tag forTE's in 2015 was $8.33 million. By 2017 it could be roughly $11 or $12 million. Gronkowski signed his contract a couple of years ago for 6 years, $54 million with an $8 million signing bonusand $12.9 fully guaranteed. If Ertz gets a deal averaging a little over $8 million a year, you'd think Eifert would get more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBuck Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I wouldn't mind seeing an extension for Eifert, but not until the other off season situations are addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rock Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 A star tight end is becoming nearly a must for success in this league. Denver is kinda breaking the rules this year because of their D, but look at Cam and Olsen. The Bengals showed they had all it took and more the first half of the season, including a premiere tight end. Mitchell spearing Eifert was the catalyst for the eventual collapse. Not only was Mike not ejected for that, but by the wild card game, the Stealers were being awarded the ball for helmet to helmet hits. Tyler was lost for some games, and I worry if he'll get his on field swagger back. Bengal staff should have made a huge deal out of Mitchell's pre-meditated hit on Tyler the moment it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 A star tight end is becoming nearly a must for success in this league. Denver is kinda breaking the rules this year because of their D, but look at Cam and Olsen. The Bengals showed they had all it took and more the first half of the season, including a premiere tight end. Mitchell spearing Eifert was the catalyst for the eventual collapse. Not only was Mike not ejected for that, but by the wild card game, the Stealers were being awarded the ball for helmet to helmet hits. Tyler was lost for some games, and I worry if he'll get his on field swagger back. Bengal staff should have made a huge deal out of Mitchell's pre-meditated hit on Tyler the moment it happened.huh? Owen Daniels and Vernon Davis are pretty good TEs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scharm Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 It's similar to AJ Green contract. Bengals control Eifert the next 2 seasons. In 2018 they could tag. So they probably need to get him at an extension that would pay him over 20 mil the next 3 seasons to get him to sign. That's what he could reasonably assume given his rookie deal, 5th year option they'll pick up soon and franchise tag. The higher priority is Zeitler and Dre. Both are working on 5th year options and the total represents big cap hits. So you could do extensions that would be possible to lower or have the same amount of cap hit. Even a little more if they want to front load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRAPradio Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 huh? Owen Daniels and Vernon Davis are pretty good TEsI'd be surprised if Davis has 10 catches as a Bronco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I'd be surprised if Davis has 10 catches as a Bronco. He had 7 for 74 against the Raiders.I imagine he will be more of a player for them next season though since he is relatively new to the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rock Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 huh? Owen Daniels and Vernon Davis are pretty good TEsYeah, pretty good, but not stars like Olsen, Gronkowski, Kelce, or Eifert the first half of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 The only thing that scares me about Eifert (who I think is great) is he spends a lot of time dinged up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnickyCat Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 The only thing that scares me about Eifert (who I think is great) is he spends a lot of time dinged up.I think this is a lil overblown actually. I mean Gronk, Olsen, Gates, etc...these top tight ends are always 'dinged up'. Kinda comes with the territory (more often than not) that these guys take a beating being top TE targets and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Does anyone think he could possibly be a china doll? That means he's injured all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalsOwn Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Does anyone think he could possibly be a china doll? That means he's injured all the time. nope, nobody has mentioned that in this thread yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 The price just went up a little more. The Chiefs just signed Travis Kelce to a 5 year,$46 million deal with $20.5 million guaranteed. :/ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/29/chiefs-announce-contract-extension-with-travis-kelce/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Kelce is a star too.. I could see Eiferts deal being similar to that if they sign him to a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|schotzee| Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 The only thing that scares me about Eifert (who I think is great) is he spends a lot of time dinged up.That's my thought. Great player, but leery of signing him long term bc of his injury record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhowdy54 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 We have the luxury of the 5th year team option with Eifert since he was a 1st rd pick. Truthfully hes not owed a contract extension until 2018.Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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