I see no news on Hurns.  I think that means he's back.  I really don't get it.  Lee is clearly a starter.  The ink is still wet on Moncrief.  You can say he's unproven, etc., but I can't believe they would pay Moncrief that money if they didn't see him as a starter or at least a significant role player.  Personally, I like Cole better than Hurns.  Cole had 748 yards as a rookie.  With one exception, that's more yards than any season Hurns has ever had.  Hurns has had less than 500 yards in each of his last two seasons.  Although active in all 16 games, Cole only had 6 starts last year too.  With more playing experience and more playing time, I see good things from him.  I like Westbrook better than Hurns too.  He shows a lot of potential.  Mickens will also be active on game days to return punts.  Where does that leave Hurns?  I think he makes the team, assuming we keep six wide receivers, but he would be my game day inactive.  I don't see him playing much, barring injuries to other players.  Paying $7 million for that seems like a bad use of our money.

Why pay Moncrief $7 million and Hurns $7 million, when $14 million comes close to what A-Rob got in free agency?  We don't need a lot of players.  We need good players.  You can say A-Rob is a risk, but Moncrief isn't?  

If we are going to spend $7 million on a backup, why not quarterback?  At least it's the most important position on the field and we currently have no one.

Alternatively, we could have used the money from Hurns to keep Colvin instead of Hayden and still have over $4 million of additional free cap room to spare.  

This is a very strange move.  I hope there's some news of a secret trade, but I doubt it.  I think we would have heard by now.

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