I'm not worried about paying his final year.  If so, it's just sunk money/cap only for a single season.

 

Regardless, to your question of can we - we certainly need an impact player moving forward not named Lewis, regardless of whether FA or draft.  I think that's certainly possible.  After all, we're replacing Lewis and not an elite producing TE.

 

If you look at Outsiders, they have him rated below Clay Harbor in receiving.  (As always, take it with a grain of salt...)

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/TE

 

At the same time, I'm not going to wring my hands or soil my shorts if we don't bring in a "name" TE or some can't miss prospect in the draft.  I'm not settling for Harbor or think he's got the position locked up, but his production vs Marcedes tells me we can upgrade this position without having to drain resources or valuable draft picks to accomplish the feat.

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