Let’s play a game, which one of these is not like the other? 13, 37, 41, 32, 58. How about these? 126, 391, 489. 518, 700. How about these? 1, 2, 2, 2, 10. Those numbers are Lewis’ reception totals, yards totals, and touchdown totals by year. Lewis is a former first round pick who never played well until his contract year. You can’t know for a fact that he was only trying hard because it was a contract year, but it is at least ominous. That’s why I liked that they franchised him. They were making him prove it again.

Now they have decided to resign him long term, 5 years, 35 million, with 18 million guaranteed. He’s getting paid more than Zach Miller. You have to admit it’s at least risky. I’m not even sure he’s worth that money even if he does play like he did last year for 5 years. He’s still a non-elite (Dwight Clark, Antonio Gates, Jason Witten, Vernon Davis) tight end.

Grade: D