There are a lot of reasons DW doesn't make sense. People assume he is of value as a part time player but that isn't necessarily what we need. Are we bringing him in so he can block, play STs or just play occasionally in passing situations. What does he have left? Is his role worth a roster spot and an active spot? In other words if he is good enough to be one of our 2 starting TEs he is probably worth it. Otherwise we might as well see if we can develop a younger guy.
To be honest at this stage MyCole Pruitt might be as good or better and we let him go (signed with the 49ers). There was a guy who had some game (run and catch), and played for a number of years in our system. My guess is that JRob will evaluate what he has on the roster, including UDFAs, and see what becomes available in FA during cuts.