{"id":9019,"date":"2020-02-07T06:07:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T06:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=9019"},"modified":"2020-02-07T06:16:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T06:16:47","slug":"7-best-tight-ends-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/7-best-tight-ends-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Best Tight Ends Hitting the Market this Offseason Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve\ngot more Pro Bowlers appearing on the list as guys like that don\u2019t\noften wriggle free from the teams that helped them reach those\nheights. We\u2019re in for an interesting free agency period to say the\nleast. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. TYLER EIFERT, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019:\n43 catches, 436 yards, three touchdowns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your\nteam gets one of two outcomes if you bring in Eifert as your tight\nend. He\u2019ll put up Pro Bowl-worthy numbers and play (most of) a full\nseason or he\u2019ll spend the year in street clothes on your sideline\nplaying Bejeweled on a Microsoft Surface Tablet. There\u2019s no middle\nground with him. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eifert\nhas suited up in 16 games in his career only once, but the good news\nis it was last year with the Cincinnati Bengals and his numbers,\nthough taking a dip, were still solid in spite of a 2-14 season that\nsaw three different quarterbacks make starts. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\nhe should end up: Houston Texans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nTexans are losing their starting tight end, Darren Fells, to free\nagency. That doesn\u2019t mean he won\u2019t show up on this list, but it\ndoes mean Houston probably needs to go a different way with the\nposition. Eifert adds another scoring threat to an already potent\noffense (in spite of Bill O\u2019Brien\u2019s playcalling). Back in his\nlast previous relatively healthy season (he played in 13 games in\n2015), Eifert caught 13 touchdowns and was mentioned in the same\nbreath as Rob Gronkowski and Travis Kelce. He could still be that guy\nand he won\u2019t cost anywhere near as much to add to the roster. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.\nERIC EBRON, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019:\n31 catches, 375 yards, three touchdowns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With\nJacoby Brissett as his quarterback with the Indianapolis Colts, Ebron\nsaw a precipitous drop in both his numbers and his opportunities to\ncreate them. It didn\u2019t help that an ankle injury ended his season\nin November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With\nAndrew Luck hurling the ball the year before, Ebron caught 66 passes\nand was targeted 110 times for 750 yards and 13 touchdowns. That\npotential is still there. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\nhe should end up: Carolina Panthers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nColts still need Ebron, frankly, but all the signs\nof a final divorce<\/a> were there by the time the regular\nseason wrapped up. The Panthers and Greg Olsen have also agreed\nto consciously uncouple<\/a>, leaving a gaping hole in\ntheir offense that Ebron could more than adequately fill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.\nGREG OLSEN, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019:\n52 catches, 597 yards, two touchdowns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking\nof Olsen, he\u2019s in the wind for the first time since 2010. And while\nI\u2019m in the Deion Sanders camp that they\u2019re letting too many guys\nthat were just good players into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Olsen\nmight make the cut at some point. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s\nstill good, a potential Pro Bowler and isn\u2019t ready to retire. He\u2019s\nalready making visits to TE needy teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\nhe should end up: Seattle Seahawks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olsen\nhas reportedly met with the Seahawks, the Washington Redskins and\nBuffalo Bills in his postseason free agency tour. Of those three\nteams, two are legitimate contenders in 2020, but the Seahawks make\nthe most sense. Not just for Olsen, who would fit right into what\nthey do, but for Seattle, who has a rapidly closing Super Bowl\nwindow. They need to win now and not worry as much about developing\nyoung talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A future no-question first-ballot Hall of Famer makes his appearance in Part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 BEST TIGHT ENDS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 1<\/a>
7 BEST TIGHT ENDS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 3<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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