The Cincinnati Bengals’ former first-round tight end Tyler Eifert came into his own last year and emerged as a star in 2015, and, by no coincidence, it was also his healthiest year since he was drafted. But the skilled fourth-year player has not had many occasions to escape the injury bug.
Eifert, of course, is currently rehabbing from offseason surgery on a bothersome ankle that the team was hoping would heal without surgical intervention. The delay threatens to extend his recovery time into the regular season, making it all the more imperative that the rest of their tight ends are on the up and up.