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Seahawks: 3 free agent tight ends who could replace Colby Parkinson

By Lee Vowell

Dec 20, 2020; Landover, Maryland, USA; Seattle Seahawks tight end Colby Parkinson (84) jogs onto the field for warmups prior to the Seahawks' game against the Washington Football Team at FedExField. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 20, 2020; Landover, Maryland, USA; Seattle Seahawks tight end Colby Parkinson (84) jogs onto the field for warmups prior to the Seahawks' game against the Washington Football Team at FedExField. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Seahawks learned this week that Colby Parkinson broke his foot again and will likely be out a while. Who should Seattle sign to replace him? And why worry about the third tight end option on the roster?

The truth is that the tight end group should be very important in Shane Waldron’s offensive scheme. The more quality depth among the group the better for the offense overall. Plus, Parkinson was looking very good in training camp this year.

Now he is likely out for a very long time while rehabbing the same broken bone in his foot that he had a screw put in last offseason. One should wonder if Parkinson is ever going to be able to play long-term with his foot issues. Tall players have a harder time coming back from such things.

Three free agents who could replace Colby Parkinson for the Seahawks

So who are three options to replace Parkinson as the tight end that fills in behind Will Dissly and Gerald Everett. Maybe these three and all three would be inexpensive.

Luke Willson

Come on, we all know Willson is coming back again, surely. He is great in the locker room (just don’t ask Bobby Wagner that) and is a serviceable receiver. He is not going to make any Pro Bowls but he wouldn’t be expected to. Willson knows the organization well and Pete Carroll really likes Willson as a person. I am surprised Willson hasn’t already been re-signed.

Tyler Eifert

In what feels like 300 years ago (actually in 2015), Eifert had 13 touchdown receptions for the Bengals. Then Eifert started getting hurt – a lot. Between 2016 and 2018, Eifert never played more than 8 games in a season. But he is only 30 years old and a veteran who knows the game well (and has had 60-plus targets each of the last two years) and would be a solid addition, especially since he won’t be counted on to get a starter’s number of snaps.

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Trey Burton

I’d rather have Willson (for his familiarity with the Seahawks team) or Eifert (for his potential for production) but Burton would be solid as a pass-catching tight end. He has never put up massive numbers but he has caught 65.7 percent of his targets in his career. So if the ball is thrown his way, he’s going to catch it. Parkinson wasn’t really expected to be much of a blocker so Burton might be closest of the free agent tight ends to what was expected of Parkinson.

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