Maybe We'll go Tyler Eifert in Round 1?

[CF74]

That would be a wasted pick with Witten on the roster...

 

[Risen Star]

That would be a wasted pick with Witten on the roster...

No foresight.

Let me guess. Once Witten can't play anymore, the TE fairy will drop another great one in our lap for a seamless transition?

 

[TheRomoSexual]

That would be a wasted pick with Witten on the roster...

With Eifert, our base set would be 2 TE, and we've had a lot of success out of that formation. He can also potentially be split out wide with Austin in the slot. He'd also eventually replace Witten. Hardly a "wasted" pick, especially in a trade-back scenario.

 

[CF74]

No foresight.

Let me guess. Once Witten can't play anymore, the TE fairy will drop another great one in our lap for a seamless transition?

We just have more pressing needs. Heck I'd rather draft Austin, at least the chance of him making a tremendous impact is greater assuming he pans out...

 

[Risen Star]

We just have more pressing needs. Heck I'd rather draft Austin, at least the chance of him making a tremendous impact is greater assuming he pans out...

You don't draft for need.

 

[CATCH17]

You don't draft for need.

Everyone drafts for need.

 

[MonsterD]

You don't draft for need.

You heard it here first everybody, Risen will be fine if we don't draft a single Olineman.

 

[Macnalty]

You heard it here first everybody, Risen will be fine if we don't draft a single Olineman.

I think at 18 one could make a case for Warmack, or Eifert as BPA. I also hate to add that Tavon Austin should be included because I think the practice squad WR's from last year make a big gain in ability this year, Benford, Coale, and Armstrong. James Hanna you are on alert to get it in gear.

 

[Szczepanik]

The problem with our team is that we do not draft for need. We have enough skillplayers already...

We need trench players.

Nuff said.

Can't complete a puzzle without the edges first! Time to get our edges.

 

[morasp]

Sometimes when one of our picks doesn't workout and I look back at who we could have picked instead, there really isn't much there. Even in the first round a lot of the players weren't impact players. Those drafts are usually ones where there was a lot of uncertainty going in kind of like this year.

I think if he is there and he is the BPA on our board we should take him.

Two tight ends didn't work for us before. I hope our up and coming tight ends coach who Callahan called the best young coach he's worked with might have some positive influence in that area. It's not like the concept is wrong, just look at what the Patriots have done with the two tight ends. Plus as others have mentioned Witten has been around for a while.

 

[TheSport78]

Everyone drafts for need.

But the smart organizations stick to their board first, and then if they have two or more evenly graded players, "need" usually determines who gets drafted, except if you're the Cowboys; then you pass on LeSean McCoy in the 2nd round, who had a 1st round grade on our board.

Ugh, fail.

 

[Fredd]

I love eifert (being a Notre Dame fanatic) but I just can't see it. A good draft is taking the best player available with a caveat...that being, you don't take a position where you really don't have a legit need, but you DO have other needs...out team has legit needs at OL, DL, S and to lesser degrees, OLB, WR, RB...IMO, we don't draft QB, CB or TE in the first round. Not with Witten and Hanna there. Hanna showed some very brief flashes that he can catch the ball and I would think they want to give him a shot to prove his worth. If they ever did draft Eifert, then Hanna would essentially be worthless to this team. You aren't going to have 3 TE's that can catch the ball as their primary focus (yes, Witten can block).

I would be happy with BPA for OL, DL, S in the first and 2nd (as the picks sit right now pre-trades) and then BPA for all other picks...people love Austin (and I kinda do too), but IMO, he would be a mistake in round 1 just because of what I wrote above. Picking a "flash" player is nice, but doing so also makes it even more important to go and grab OL/DL/S in subsequent rounds - it actually takes the BPA approach away

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Everyone drafts for need.

No, they really don't.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Poor TE blocking had as much to do with issues in the running game as any position except for center.

 

[RS12]

09:59 AM ET 04.20 | One player who could be creeping up the board in the first round is Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert, who could be the object of the Falcons' desire. As clearly the best tight end in the draft, Eifert is becoming more attractive as the draft draws near. In addition to being the best tight end, Eifert is seen as one of the safer picks at any position in the draft. There is some feeling that a team could try to trade up to the middle of the first round to get him. He could go in the teens, maybe even the early teens.

National Football Post

 

[Szczepanik]

09:59 AM ET 04.20 | One player who could be creeping up the board in the first round is Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert, who could be the object of the Falcons' desire. As clearly the best tight end in the draft, Eifert is becoming more attractive as the draft draws near. In addition to being the best tight end, Eifert is seen as one of the safer picks at any position in the draft. There is some feeling that a team could try to trade up to the middle of the first round to get him. He could go in the teens, maybe even the early teens.

National Football Post

I REALLY hope eifert goes in the early teens. I have a feeling someone thru picks 1 -17 really surprise us and push some players down to us.

 

[Fredd]

If our OL/DL aren't there, then I hope they give us a call and we actually do better in a trade for a change...

 

[Idgit]

I REALLY hope eifert goes in the early teens. I have a feeling someone thru picks 1 -17 really surprise us and push some players down to us.

I think so, too. In fact, I think there are going to be 3-4 surprises in the first 20 picks or so this round.

Not sure the surprises end up pushing the specific players we want most down, though. We could well see some surprises, but still not have our top 3 choices on the board at 18. But there will be some really interesting players for us there, regardless.

 

[respectdatstar]

I'd rather see what Hanna can do. We have too many needs to use our 1st on a luxury pick.

 

[AKATheRake]

Ehh highly unlikely he's BPA. I like Patterson a good bit more than Eifert and Tavon Austin is light years ahead if we are talking receiving options at 18.