(03-27-2018, 10:38 AM)NJ JagsFan Wrote:

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

The thing is, he isn't reliable or more reliable then Hurns they have both been in the NFL since 2014 and Montcreif has only been available one more game then Hurns has.