(08-15-2018, 06:32 PM)Predator Wrote:

(08-14-2018, 08:27 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: We pissed away $12 million when we signed Moncrief. One year or not, it was too much money for a guy with a history of injuries and drops. Kendall Wright signed a 1 yr. $1 million deal with Minnesota and I see him and Moncrief finishing the year with similar production. There were cheaper options. 

I don't know. Well have to see who gets cut.

The Jags were looking for a young player with freakish size and speed to potentially add another dimension to the offense.

Kendall Wright would have been a great fit if we were looking to add a small and slow WR with no upside to our offense.

Body type means nothing if the player doesn't produce on the field. As a comparison, look at the careers of both players. Wright averages 47 yards receiving a game in his career. Moncrief averages 35.4. Wright averages 11.4 yards per reception in his career and Moncrief averages 12.3. Finally, they both have the exact same amount of 40+ yard gains in their careers with 5 each. Is there really a difference? For a player with such size and speed, Moncrief has not separated himself from the supposedly, "small, slow" Wright. You can have all the size and speed in the world, but if you are injury prone, can't run crisp routes or cannot get off the press to get separation consistently, you're just a guy. Is size and speed that much of a factor to give Moncrief $9.6 million when you could have had a player who would give equal production for $1 million?

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