(03-27-2018, 10:13 AM)JagsorDie Wrote:

(03-27-2018, 09:28 AM)NJ JagsFan Wrote: It kinda is though... you're paying this guy 10m for a year. That isn't the kind of money you throw out just because of his size and speed its because you're expecting him to be better then one the other 3 (by a significant amount). Not including we pretty much cut Hurns for it who was going to get paid 7m this year and has had better production then Moncrief. If it was just about size we would have stuck with Strong or any other tall fast wideout whose out there or could draft but no. The money shows that this guy is expected to show something that he hasn't in the past which I don't think is smart to bet on especially since you're already paying him the money.

And on top of all that there is no way you could tell me that we had to pay this guy 10m... there is no way he was having that many offers where we had to overpay for this guy? That's also not including that this guy had only a 700 yard season with a top tier QB throwing to him and when he had a below average QB throwing to him he was significantly worse (300 yard seasons and we just paid this guy 10m LOL). Plus its not like this guy hasn't had his fair share of injuries.. so this could easily have been 10m in cap we just rolled over to next year.

Obviously we can argue about this all we want but it won't matter until the season starts and we actually see productivity. This guy just seems to have a lot of if's and not a lot of production to warrant 10m/year contract and in the small chance he does ball out you think we will be able to afford the long term deal next year? probably not is my guess. So the only upside is that he balls out this one year and thats really it... or you know.. he fails out and isn't worth the money.

I wouldn't get as hung up on the price tag as you are. They did the one year deal because of how our cap room was structured this year. we will not have the extra 30 mil next year because that is roll over cap from last year. Really, after the norwell signing, we were only in a position to bring on guys who were only short or front loaded contracts. I think they wanted a more reliable( as far as health), big body, and quick outside threat that they could pay a quick one year deal while they decide how they are going to replace the bigger bodied/possession receivers we lost in arob and Hurns, if he works out great, if not, it's not a long term investment. It's not that he is better than or has more of a upside than the guys we have now, it that he has a different skill set amd hurns Could't stay healthy. We have young and fast but are slightly undersized at this point.

I would look at it more of a stop gap. even though it looks expensive because it's 10m this year, it is a one year deal and we would lose that money if we didn't use it anyway. If he turns into a  big #1 then pay him, but i think it gives us a little more leeway just in case one of our young guys doesn't pan out and allows us a contingency if we don't find anything in this draft. We don;t have the cap room after this year to pay 10mil to an "unproven" guy, so we had to find a guy like him who would be willing to take a deal like that.