(04-12-2022, 11:25 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(04-12-2022, 09:31 AM)Mikey Wrote: I'm not worried. He's basically making the same (3yrs @$8 per) ball park as Agnew (3 @ 7, IIRC), are we thinking Agnew is anything significant in the passing game?

I'll admit last year I was critical of making Agnew an early signing, and a pricey (LOL, in retrospect) one considering his non-return game production. D'oh. He ended up being one of our brightest pick-ups.

Jones gives us options. He's got 2 years to either prove his worth, or he's gone. It's on him to figure his place in the system and to put a good showing out there to insure his spot is secure any further than that. I'm much happier that we made an effort to improve the WR room than to rest on our laurels.

Considering what the top WR are making these days, his pay is not that significant. Even if he ends up a role-player, that's great, so long as it helps the team out. What if he takes Agnew's place in the passing game, and Agnew has fresher legs for the kick returns? That alone may be the value in this signing.

If Agnew wasn't coming off an injury, he'd be our best receiver. He was last season before he got hurt. I don't see anyone better than him on the roster now.

Dude. 
C'mon. 

Go watch Agnew's routes again. 
He's not a polished route runner and his hands are not great either. 
There's a reason he's been a return guy for this many years. 
He's fine for a package of plays at WR, but he wasn't the best receiver last year - he just provided some spark when we were down and out and you're letting that color your perspective.

Bothe Jones' and Kirk are better route runners and have more consistent hands.

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