Marlon23 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 27 minutes ago, New Jersey Bengal said: We should have drafted OJ Howard to soleve our TE issue even though I really like John Ross I think OJ will be pretty good, indeed, but right now I think he has 1 catch out of 2 games. Not actually burning it up. However Ross has 1 fumble in 2 games, so I can see what you are saying lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlon23 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 2 hours ago, SlantNGo said: The most important thing from this article is "Another notable development on the day was Trey Hopkins working on the rehab field. Hopkins is dealing with a knee injury that was thought to be significant, perhaps season-ending." Hopkins has looked pretty solid in preseason and until he went down in week 1. If he can turn into a solid starter, then we've actually got at least a pretty good interior line to go along with two projects at tackle. I haven't given up hope on either Ogbuehi or Fisher--remember that it took Bodine 2.5 seasons as a terrible starter before he actually turned into a pretty good center. Very good points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 37 minutes ago, Marlon23 said: I think OJ will be pretty good, indeed, but right now I think he has 1 catch out of 2 games. Not actually burning it up. However Ross has 1 fumble in 2 games, so I can see what you are saying lol. 1 game actually. Tampa's week 1 game was postponed due to some chick name Irma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 On 9/19/2017 at 9:47 AM, SF2 said: Eifert doesn't stay healthy and when he is, his stats suggest he isn't even close to Gronkowski production wise. In 2015 Gronk averaged 78.4 yards per game. He was their top receiver. In that same year, Eifert's best year, he averaged 47.3 yards per game. Do you think playing for New England is somehow his going to improve his health? Gronk has sustained a lot of injuries most from his violent style of running and play. Eifert gets hurt falling down from simple tackles. This is simply the continuation of the "I hate Jermaine Gresham" debate. Eifert has never been a great player. He has had a few good games and 1 good season. Eifert "when healthy" also doesn't receive the same kind of attention from his QB (or as accurate of throws) as does Gronkowski. FFS, he was healthy for the first game (allegedly) and had ONE catch on a day when Dalton desperately needed a safety valve. That's your TE...or an RB. When you don't have time to throw, you throw it short. EIfert was our BEST option in that game. His cacthing radius and height make him an IDEAL candidate for throwing it to him under pressure when you may not be as accurate as you want. That's on Dalton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey? Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 35 minutes ago, Bunghole said: Eifert "when healthy" also doesn't receive the same kind of attention from his QB (or as accurate of throws) as does Gronkowski. FFS, he was healthy for the first game (allegedly) and had ONE catch on a day when Dalton desperately needed a safety valve. That's your TE...or an RB. When you don't have time to throw, you throw it short. EIfert was our BEST option in that game. His cacthing radius and height make him an IDEAL candidate for throwing it to him under pressure when you may not be as accurate as you want. That's on Dalton. I wonder if Eifert hasn't been hurt this whole time and being used as a decoy or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, whodey? said: I wonder if Eifert hasn't been hurt this whole time and being used as a decoy or something. Then the question becomes "A decoy for whom?". It isn't like the WR corps is doing anything either while Dalton is in his funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey? Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, Bunghole said: Then the question becomes "A decoy for whom?". It isn't like the WR corps is doing anything either while Dalton is in his funk. True. Fair enough 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlon23 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Jason said: 1 game actually. Tampa's week 1 game was postponed due to some chick name Irma. lol Chick named Irma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted September 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 9 hours ago, SlantNGo said: ...remember that it took Bodine 2.5 seasons as a terrible starter before he actually turned into a pretty good center. He did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredtoast Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Bunghole said: Eifert "when healthy" also doesn't receive the same kind of attention from his QB (or as accurate of throws) as does Gronkowski. FFS, he was healthy for the first game (allegedly) and had ONE catch on a day when Dalton desperately needed a safety valve. That's your TE...or an RB. When you don't have time to throw, you throw it short. EIfert was our BEST option in that game. His cacthing radius and height make him an IDEAL candidate for throwing it to him under pressure when you may not be as accurate as you want. That's on Dalton. Obviously Eifert was way less than 100% in the first game. It is ridiculous to blame Dalton when he has been throwing the ball to Eifert on a heavy basis for years. In fact Eifert became his #1 target in the red zone when he was healthy. Who the hell would imagine that dalton would suddenly ignore Eifert for no good reason. It is amazing the mental gymnastics some people will go through to try and blame everything on Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 6 hours ago, Cricket said: He did? I think it's more that he doesn't look as bad now compared to what's around him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 7 hours ago, fredtoast said: Obviously Eifert was way less than 100% in the first game. It is ridiculous to blame Dalton when he has been throwing the ball to Eifert on a heavy basis for years. In fact Eifert became his #1 target in the red zone when he was healthy. Who the hell would imagine that dalton would suddenly ignore Eifert for no good reason. It is amazing the mental gymnastics some people will go through to try and blame everything on Andy. Obviously? According to whom? Your eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphead Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 We will always have these memories though. Thanks NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredtoast Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, Bunghole said: Obviously? According to whom? Your eyes? According to the fact that he was dealing with injuries before the game and is now out with the same injury. Not exactly rocket science. Only a biased Dalton hater would think it makes more sense to assume that eifert was 100% healthy but Dalton just suddenly decided to not throw to a guy that he has loved to throw to for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Adam Schefter ✔@AdamSchefterBengals TE Tyler Eifert expected to miss multiple weeks while recovering from back injury, per source. No back surgery needed at this time. Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo Montoya Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Lovely news but honestly no one can be surprised Eifert is yet again injured. Gotta wonder if he has played his last game as a Bengal. He might not be long for the NFL if his back is shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Fan Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Dude is made of glass, sooner we forget him the better unfortunately. Time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphead Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I just always assume we will be without Eifert & Vontaze. Then when they actually play it's like we got 2 extra high round draft picks. It's like I never expect to get horny sex from the wife and when I do hit it multiple times like this past weekend it's an unexpected luxury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Tyler I-Hurt out again. The sun is hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Really like Eifert but I think his football career is over. I think/hope he has a future in the TV booth. He certainly would be a huge improvement of some of the meat puppets there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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