Eric Saubert

Career StatsD

Year	Team	GP	Rec	Yards	TD
Career		100	51	420	3
2025		11	4	31	0
2024		17	11	97	1
2023		10

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Net of age, position, and term, Eric Saubert's deal earns a C- Contract Value Index. At $1.3M AAV on a one-year pact for a 32-year-old tight end with a D performance grade, this is essentially a veteran minimum or near-minimum agreement that reflects organizational acknowledgment of his depth role rather than any belief in meaningful statistical contribution. His 2025 season production—31 receiving yards across 11 games—confirms what the contract structure already signals: Saubert is a roster-filler piece whose value lies entirely outside the passing game. For a depth tight end in his ninth season, $1.3M represents fair market for a proven locker-room presence and special teams utility, though the subsequent release indicates Seattle's pivot away from his age profile. The Contract Value Index grade reflects the fundamental misalignment between compensation and on-field impact—there is no premium being paid here, but there is also no discount, leaving this as a straightforward, unremarkable deal that neither helped nor hindered the Seahawks' cap flexibility heading into 2026. The one-year structure provided minimal organizational commitment, allowing Seattle to move on cleanly once the business case for retention evaporated.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Eric's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Per-game impact for Eric Saubert pencils out to a D performance grade. At 32 and in the twilight of a nine-season career, Saubert operates as a below-average contributor at a position where the league increasingly demands either elite receiving production or scheme versatility—neither of which his 2025 season demonstrates. His 31 receiving yards across 11 games in the 2025 season underscore a depth-piece role devoid of statistical impact; the nine tackles suggest occasional defensive value, but that marginal utility does not offset the lack of offensive relevance expected even from a backup tight end. Saubert's durability—appearing in 11 games despite the Seahawks' eventual release—at least signals he stayed healthy, though availability without productivity is a hollow virtue in a pass-heavy offensive league. The hard truth, echoed in his F sentiment grade and reflected in the team's subsequent roster moves toward younger talent, is that his career production of 51 total receptions and 420 receiving yards leaves him dependent entirely on veteran leadership and special teams work to secure a 2026 roster spot as a free agent. For a player whose narrative arc peaked with a walk-off two-point conversion, statistical reality has firmly reasserted itself: he is a journeyman depth contributor, not a featured contributor.

How Eric Compares at the Position

Eric Saubert ranks 139th of 164 graded tight ends by performance. That slots Eric between Drake Dabney (D) just ahead and Colson Yankoff (D) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Inside the Seattle Seahawks ecosystem, the take on Eric Saubert settles at an F sentiment grade. The narrative arc around the 32-year-old veteran tight end is defined by two competing storylines: a sympathetic media framing that credits his nine-season perseverance and his memorable walk-off two-point conversion against the Rams with elevating his profile, counterbalanced by the hard reality of his release, which now dominates headlines and signals organizational pivot toward younger or more versatile options at the position. His 2025 season production—31 receiving yards across 11 games—aligns cleanly with the F performance grade, reinforcing that his value was never statistical firepower but rather depth-piece utility and veteran locker-room presence. The Seahawks' recent moves tell the story: while they extended Saubert mid-season in a show of appreciation, the subsequent release followed by signings of younger wide receivers (Rashad Rochelle, Trayvon Rudolph) and edge rushers (Dante Fowler Jr.) reveal the team's actual priority is repositioning around fresh talent, not retaining aging contributors. As a free agent heading into 2026, Saubert faces a genuine uphill climb—media sympathy can only carry so far when career production totals 51 receptions and 420 receiving yards, leaving his market value entirely dependent on special teams contributions and leadership cache rather than on-field impact.