← 1981 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R4 · #107 OVERALL · TE

Eric Sievers

Drafted by LAC · GM Steve Ortmayer · Maryland

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Eric Sievers across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played122
Games started51
Weighted career AV21
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons10

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1981 · Round 4 · #107

LAC draft credit

GM Steve Ortmayer

Team games97
Team starts45
On-team AV19
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.15 contribution24th of 62 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

Eric Sievers was Steve Ortmayer's 24th-best of 62 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.15. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Steve Ortmayer's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
97
on drafting team · 122 full-career
Games started
45
on drafting team · 51 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
19
modeled; full weighted AV 21
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Steve Ortmayer's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Steve Ortmayer pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Eric Sievers totals -0.15. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+322. Byrd#22 · Gill Byrd · aggregate +3.79Byrd +3.8183. Butts#183 · Marion Butts · aggregate +3.39Butts +3.437. Hall#37 · Courtney Hall · aggregate +2.91Hall +2.915. Miller#15 · Anthony Miller · aggregate +2.71Miller +2.7118. James#118 · Lionel James · aggregate +1.778. O'Neal#8 · Leslie O'Neal · aggregate +1.5995. Walters#95 · Danny Walters · aggregate +1.3498. Richards#98 · David Richards · aggregate +1.238. Grossman#8 · Burt Grossman · aggregate +1.0096. Mojsiejenko#96 · Ralf Mojsiejenko · aggregate +0.82101. Luther#101 · Ed Luther · aggregate +0.73141. Gissinger#141 · Andrew Gissinger · aggregate +0.5855. Dale#55 · Jeffery Dale · aggregate +0.57192. Elko#192 · Bill Elko · aggregate +0.49173. Holland#173 · Jamie Holland · aggregate +0.44195. Jones#195 · Terrence Jones · aggregate +0.23175. Loewen#175 · Chuck Loewen · aggregate +0.21174. Bendross#174 · Jesse Bendross · aggregate +0.18162. Duckworth#162 · Bobby Duckworth · aggregate +0.15108. Gregor#108 · Bob Gregor · aggregate +0.04191. Dodds#191 · Stuart Dodds · aggregate +0.02129. Brown#129 · Donald Brown · aggregate -0.0288. Vlasic#88 · Mark Vlasic · aggregate -0.06107. Sievers#107 · Eric Sievers · aggregate -0.15Sievers -0.1131. Ferguson#131 · Keith Ferguson · aggregate -0.2191. Campbell#91 · Joe Campbell · aggregate -0.21150. Lewis#150 · Terry Lewis · aggregate -0.22144. Guthrie#144 · Keith Guthrie · aggregate -0.2266. Unrein#66 · Terry Unrein · aggregate -0.26141. Johnson#141 · Trumaine Johnson · aggregate -0.3169. Hendy#69 · John Hendy · aggregate -0.32188. Hall#188 · Hollis Hall · aggregate -0.35155. Pardridge#155 · Curt Pardridge · aggregate -0.38196. Fellows#196 · Mark Fellows · aggregate -0.39120. Smith#120 · Elliot Smith · aggregate -0.40133. Johnson#133 · Matt Johnson · aggregate -0.44182. Smalls#182 · Fred Smalls · aggregate -0.4595. Allert#95 · Ty Allert · aggregate -0.49115. Jones#115 · Nelson Jones · aggregate -0.495. Smith#5 · Billy Ray Smith · aggregate -0.51151. Harrington#151 · LaRue Harrington · aggregate -0.56118. Landry#118 · Doug Landry · aggregate -0.71163. Hamilton#163 · Wayne Hamilton · aggregate -0.7277. Phillips#77 · Irvin Phillips · aggregate -0.76103. Lawrence#103 · Amos Lawrence · aggregate -0.8139. Davis#39 · Wayne Davis · aggregate -0.81152. Figaro#152 · Cedric Figaro · aggregate -0.8297. Taylor#97 · Tommy Taylor · aggregate -0.8370. Walker#70 · Jeff Walker · aggregate -0.8493. Searels#93 · Stacy Searels · aggregate -0.8553. Brock#53 · Lou Brock · aggregate -0.98189. Holohan#189 · Pete Holohan · aggregate -1.3124. Bernstine#24 · Rod Bernstine · aggregate -1.3733. Guendling#33 · Mike Guendling · aggregate -1.4813. FitzPatrick#13 · James FitzPatrick · aggregate -1.5859. Wilson#59 · Karl Wilson · aggregate -2.12Wilson -2.151. Tolliver#51 · Billy Joe Tolliver · aggregate -2.23Tolliver -2.26. Cade#6 · Mossy Cade · aggregate -2.38Cade -2.420. Anderson#20 · Gary Anderson · aggregate -2.50Anderson -2.512. Lachey#12 · Jim Lachey · aggregate -3.14Lachey -3.160. Early#60 · Quinn Early · aggregate -3.37Early -3.424. Brooks#24 · James Brooks · aggregate -5.26Brooks -5.3

Incremental contribution by season

-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+61980 · Ed Luther · incremental +0.071980 · Chuck Loewen · incremental +0.181980 · Bob Gregor · incremental -0.051980 · Stuart Dodds · incremental -0.151980 · LaRue Harrington · incremental -0.901980 · Wayne Hamilton · incremental -1.171981 · Bob Gregor · incremental +0.061981 · Ed Luther · incremental +0.291981 · Andrew Gissinger · incremental -0.031981 · Bobby Duckworth · incremental -0.051981 · Chuck Loewen · incremental -0.121981 · Keith Ferguson · incremental -0.301981 · Eric Sievers · incremental -0.441981 · Pete Holohan · incremental -0.531981 · Irvin Phillips · incremental -1.191981 · Amos Lawrence · incremental -1.311981 · James Brooks · incremental -6.001982 · Pete Holohan · incremental +0.011982 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.021982 · Bob Gregor · incremental +0.021982 · Bobby Duckworth · incremental +0.061982 · Chuck Loewen · incremental +0.131982 · Andrew Gissinger · incremental +0.131982 · Ed Luther · incremental +0.161982 · Keith Ferguson · incremental -0.011982 · Hollis Hall · incremental -0.651982 · James Brooks · incremental -0.881983 · Keith Ferguson · incremental +0.021983 · Bob Gregor · incremental +0.041983 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.061983 · Bill Elko · incremental +0.221983 · Ed Luther · incremental +0.421983 · Andrew Gissinger · incremental +0.471983 · Danny Walters · incremental +0.671983 · Bobby Duckworth · incremental -0.021983 · Trumaine Johnson · incremental -0.051983 · Gill Byrd · incremental -0.111983 · Pete Holohan · incremental -0.191983 · Gary Anderson · incremental -1.021983 · James Brooks · incremental -2.351983 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental -2.631984 · Keith Ferguson · incremental +0.021984 · Bob Gregor · incremental +0.021984 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.041984 · Bobby Duckworth · incremental +0.101984 · Jesse Bendross · incremental +0.161984 · Chuck Loewen · incremental +0.171984 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.241984 · Andrew Gissinger · incremental +0.281984 · Danny Walters · incremental +0.301984 · Ed Luther · incremental +0.381984 · Lionel James · incremental +0.391984 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.441984 · Bill Elko · incremental +0.551984 · Keith Guthrie · incremental -0.381984 · Pete Holohan · incremental -0.401984 · Mike Guendling · incremental -1.511984 · Mossy Cade · incremental -3.611985 · Keith Ferguson · incremental +0.001985 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.051985 · Jesse Bendross · incremental +0.161985 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.221985 · Jeffery Dale · incremental +0.361985 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.521985 · Danny Walters · incremental +0.711985 · Lionel James · incremental +0.891985 · Trumaine Johnson · incremental -0.091985 · Ralf Mojsiejenko · incremental -0.171985 · Pete Holohan · incremental -0.281985 · Terry Lewis · incremental -0.421985 · Gary Anderson · incremental -0.521985 · Mark Fellows · incremental -0.531985 · John Hendy · incremental -0.571985 · Wayne Davis · incremental -0.711985 · Mike Guendling · incremental -0.771985 · Jim Lachey · incremental -2.311986 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.051986 · Danny Walters · incremental +0.101986 · Ralf Mojsiejenko · incremental +0.151986 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.231986 · Lionel James · incremental +0.241986 · Jeffery Dale · incremental +0.441986 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.501986 · Donald Brown · incremental -0.121986 · Mark Fellows · incremental -0.141986 · James FitzPatrick · incremental -0.271986 · Terry Unrein · incremental -0.291986 · Trumaine Johnson · incremental -0.311986 · Pete Holohan · incremental -0.371986 · Wayne Davis · incremental -0.541986 · Curt Pardridge · incremental -0.661986 · Ty Allert · incremental -0.711986 · Fred Smalls · incremental -0.771986 · Matt Johnson · incremental -0.791986 · Doug Landry · incremental -1.171986 · Jim Lachey · incremental -1.211986 · Jeff Walker · incremental -1.321986 · Tommy Taylor · incremental -1.361986 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental -1.591986 · Gary Anderson · incremental -1.661987 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.071987 · Jamie Holland · incremental +0.121987 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.191987 · Danny Walters · incremental +0.341987 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.421987 · Lionel James · incremental +0.591987 · Ralf Mojsiejenko · incremental +1.171987 · Mark Vlasic · incremental -0.031987 · Ty Allert · incremental -0.041987 · Terry Unrein · incremental -0.141987 · Pete Holohan · incremental -0.211987 · Gary Anderson · incremental -0.461987 · Nelson Jones · incremental -0.881987 · Karl Wilson · incremental -0.951987 · James FitzPatrick · incremental -1.021987 · Rod Bernstine · incremental -1.071987 · Jim Lachey · incremental -1.551987 · Lou Brock · incremental -1.601988 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.031988 · Eric Sievers · incremental +0.031988 · Jeffery Dale · incremental +0.101988 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.131988 · David Richards · incremental +0.161988 · Ralf Mojsiejenko · incremental +0.201988 · Jamie Holland · incremental +0.331988 · Lionel James · incremental +0.371988 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.561988 · Mark Vlasic · incremental -0.031988 · James FitzPatrick · incremental -0.211988 · Anthony Miller · incremental -0.251988 · Joe Campbell · incremental -0.311988 · Cedric Figaro · incremental -0.371988 · Rod Bernstine · incremental -0.471988 · Gary Anderson · incremental -0.711988 · Stacy Searels · incremental -1.391988 · Karl Wilson · incremental -2.371988 · Quinn Early · incremental -3.251989 · Burt Grossman · incremental +0.231989 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.241989 · Jamie Holland · incremental +0.291989 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.291989 · Terrence Jones · incremental +0.301989 · David Richards · incremental +0.421989 · Marion Butts · incremental +0.431989 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.581989 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.711989 · Anthony Miller · incremental +1.181989 · Joe Campbell · incremental -0.041989 · Rod Bernstine · incremental -0.071989 · Quinn Early · incremental -0.661989 · Cedric Figaro · incremental -0.661989 · Elliot Smith · incremental -0.721989 · James FitzPatrick · incremental -0.791989 · Billy Joe Tolliver · incremental -1.051990 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.161990 · Burt Grossman · incremental +0.371990 · David Richards · incremental +0.421990 · Gill Byrd · incremental +0.601990 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.631990 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.711990 · Anthony Miller · incremental +1.181990 · Marion Butts · incremental +1.921990 · Mark Vlasic · incremental -0.061990 · Rod Bernstine · incremental -0.171990 · Cedric Figaro · incremental -0.261990 · Quinn Early · incremental -1.381990 · Billy Joe Tolliver · incremental -2.431991 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.121991 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.171991 · Anthony Miller · incremental +0.211991 · Burt Grossman · incremental +0.381991 · David Richards · incremental +0.421991 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.631991 · Gill Byrd · incremental +1.271991 · Marion Butts · incremental +1.671991 · Rod Bernstine · incremental -0.381992 · Billy Ray Smith · incremental +0.011992 · Burt Grossman · incremental +0.351992 · David Richards · incremental +0.461992 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.681992 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.701992 · Marion Butts · incremental +0.771992 · Anthony Miller · incremental +1.181992 · Gill Byrd · incremental +1.341992 · Rod Bernstine · incremental -0.151993 · Burt Grossman · incremental +0.241993 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.681993 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.701993 · Marion Butts · incremental +0.811993 · Anthony Miller · incremental +1.211994 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.241994 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.631995 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.631995 · Leslie O'Neal · incremental +0.701996 · Courtney Hall · incremental +0.27Sievers -0.4Brooks -6.0Sievers +0.0Sievers +0.1Brooks -2.3Smith -2.6Sievers +0.0Cade -3.6Sievers +0.1Lachey -2.3Sievers +0.1Anderson -1.7Sievers +0.1Brock -1.6Sievers +0.0Wilson -2.4Early -3.2Butts +1.9Tolliver -2.4Butts +1.719806 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Above expectationBelow expectationEric SieversGM total -17.1Eric Sievers by season -0.1

How much retained production did Eric Sievers return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: TEs drafted within ±5 picks of Eric Sievers since 2010 (11 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5Model value above slot102. CameronJordan Cameron · model value +0.6106. OttonCade Otton · model value +0.6110. GreenLadarius Green · model value +0.5107. JohnsonTheo Johnson · model value +0.4110. HigbeeTyler Higbee · model value +0.4107. HerndonChris Herndon · model value +0.1112. BellingerDaniel Bellinger · model value +0.1111. RodriguezEvan Rodriguez · model value 0106. SimsDion Sims · model value -0.2107. SieversEric Sievers · model value -0.2-0.2105. TrautmanAdam Trautman · model value -0.2104. StockerLuke Stocker · model value -1.5
Eric SieversSlot-similar peers (11)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'82'84'86'88'9001326385101Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (10 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1981LAC1693
1982LAC924
1983LAC1684
1984LAC14134
1985LAC16114
1986LAC910
1987LAC1210
1988LAC, LAR600
1989NE1655
1990NE810

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