(03-17-2018, 01:48 PM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(03-17-2018, 01:30 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: 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.

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.

There's still plenty of time to make a trade or two.  And Hurns can be good for that.  If not, we still have him and he either earns a roster spot or he doesn't.

I don't see a trade happening.  Who's going to trade picks for him with his $7 million salary?  As someone suggested, at best, maybe you trade him for a conditional 7th rounder if you are really lucky.  That's a very minor reward and it's not worth the risk.  If we don't find a trade partner, we're eating his $4 million of guaranteed salary.  I think if a trade were to happen, it would have been before the deadline.

As for cutting him, yes, we still can.  However, again, we would be throwing $4 million down the toilet.  That doesn't seem very bright when we could have done it for free yesterday.

This is a strange move (or non-move) that doesn't make much sense.

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