swabs
Footballguy
See! I'm not crazy.....thought I was being confused by the seasons wrapping into the next year
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TE Eric Ebron, PIT (3 Viewers)
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Dondante
Footballguy
Is it crazy to think this guy has value this season with the streaming possibilities out there? What are those of you who drafted Ebron doing with him as of now? Holding? Already dropped him? I'm inclined to think that JB will lean heavily on the TE at some point. But that could easily be false and that TE could easily be Doyle. Is there hope?
wgoldsph
Footballguy
With funchess on ir I like him a lot more than I did earlier in the week. And that's coming from a dynasty owner who was ready to throw in the towel.
Dondante
Footballguy
Good point. Thats a decent team with a stellar O-line. I tend to think he's a better option - or at least just as good - as the WW fodder as it stands right now. And if Mack has any consistency from week to week those underneath routes are going to open up and you'd think the goal line as well.
Don Hutson
Footballguy
Ebron is healthy and he played 40% of snaps. Doyle played 68% of snaps. Those snap count totals probably aren't going to change unless there is an injury. It's hard imagining Ebron doing much with Brissett at quarterback and that few snaps. A tight end with 40 catches and 6 touchdowns is borderline worthless.
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skol asylum
Footballguy
Someone dropped him in my redraft. I already have Hooper and Waller so I think I'll stand down.
Hairy Snowman
Footballguy
I was disappointed with the target share. But I will wait a few weeks to see how everything shakes out. Week 5 I will re-evaluate. For now I am holding.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
The Frankman
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JohnnyU
Footballguy
I don't understand this, unless he wants more money. I hated the drops, but IMO he's still the best TE on the team.
smbkrypt24
Footballguy
He is the best TE on roster. There is bad blood now between Ebron and the team after the miscommunication/quitting/medical ignorance that happened at end of year.
To clarify before my point gets misconstrued, the miscommunication could have happened by both sides.
Ben & Jerry's
Footballguy
The Colts can better spend that money elsewhere. Doyle is not the athlete that Ebron is, but he is more than adequate. Indy can find a young move TE in the upcoming draft.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Ben & Jerry's
Footballguy
Ballard has made it pretty clear they are moving on from Eric Ebron. This team has lots of holes to fill and a high priced diva @ TE is not part of the solution.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
Signed by the Steelers on a 2 year deal
-OZ-
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
-OZ-
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barackdhouse
Footballguy
That will do. Pittsburgh is a great landing spot, IMO.
EBF
Footballguy
He's been a bust relative to where he was drafted, but not a bust overall.
1x Pro Bowl, 2x 700+ receiving yards, still in the league after 6 years
It's probably about right in line with the average 1st round TE.
If he had gone 25th-30th in the draft, nobody would talk about him as a flop. The issue is that they took him top 10 overall and he hasn't been elite tier.
He's a good player, just not a great one. BTW, I don't think Stafford is an elite QB.
hunter1
Footballguy
I will admit that I was holding out hope for a very solid year as a high ceiling TE2. Oops.
TartanLion
Footballguy
As a dynasty owner, I’ll take it as a landing spot. Could turn out quite nice
TZMarkie
Footballguy
You are right.barackdhouse said:
Pitt is a great landing spot for fantasy. And also one I will avoid like the black plague.
There is but one Steeler I will own this year, and thats JuJu. Hopefully my leaguemates don't see this and JuJu comes at a deep discount.
Of course, everything depends on JuJu and Big Ben BOTH being healthy....... and thats a bit of a parlay I reckon.
TZM
Ryan Pace must hate Ebron. Last time Ebron was free Pace elected to throw $32M for 4 years at Trey Burton while Colts wrapped up Ebron days later for 2 years at $15M. Now here again Ebron is free and Pace rushed to pay the corpse of Jimmy Graham $16M for 2 years while Ebron goes $12M for 2 years a few days later.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
Seriously. I really don't mind the Foles trade but Graham kind of ticks me off. Ok actually I wish they'd got Bridgewater.
What is the deal with Ebron then? Is he a head case? The drops issue is way overstated IMO. There has got to be something more than that.
EBF
Footballguy
Right, but he is still a pretty good player. That was my point.-OZ- said:
He may not be what he was expected to become, but he's not garbage either.
He's had a relatively solid career overall, just not enough to justify the top 10 pick.
I don't think there has to be a big glaring red flag. The simple reality is that he's a whisker above a journeyman level starter at the NFL level, and the job security/stability will never be the same for that type of player as it is for an upper echelon Pro Bowler. The league is competitive. Money is scarce.
The fact that anyone still wants you six years into your career is a positive, overall.
I think he has a reputation as being immature, not taking the game seriously enough and being a little me first. Maybe not a glaring red flag but as I was pointing out earlier when the two times he's reached FA players I view as being pretty inferior and a little to a lot older were first wave free agent signings and twice he's had to wait a few days for that second wave and came a little cheaper. Sure he's had some drop issues and blocking is not his strong skill set but I think this has had more to do with his demeanor.
But to your other point about him not being that bad just bad relative to expectations of where he was picked. Yes, agree totally.
smbkrypt24
Footballguy
This was pretty well known when Ebron went on IR. It just looks like someone else is bringing it back up.
The colts claim no knowledge of severity of Ebron's ankle. Ebron claimed team doctor's were injecting him before each game. One side is not being truthful.
It was made clear after he went on IR that Colts had no interest in keeping him.
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
Wow, surprised as Ebron seems the opposite of a Steeler/Tomlin type of player. Pretty much known as a Twitter idiot ala AB.
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EBF
Footballguy
If you're still in the league 6 years after you were drafted and you've made a Pro Bowl, you aren't a "bust" in the true sense of the word.
If they had taken him 15 picks later, nobody would talk about the pick. It's only in the context of being a top 10 guy that he's an eye sore.
"Solid NFL starter" is a pretty good outcome for almost any draft pick but you'd hope for a little more from the top 10-15 slots.
