(12-14-2023, 12:11 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'm old enough to remember going many years without a receiver worth mentioning.
We had to be content championing players like Cecil Shorts, Mike Thomas, and Mike Sims-Walker - with literally nobody behind them on the depth chart.

So - I don't subscribe to the idea that you can easily replace 970 yards and 7 TDs with a rookie second rounder.
You've probably got a one in four chance of hitting on that pick and their rookie season will likely still come up short of that.

So the question is:
Is his head right?
Can he be reeled in enough to string together some consistent route precision?
Can he do enough to make them confident in that over the next 4 -6 weeks?

If so, then you have to take advantage of his not-so-world-class return to football and try to get him on the cheap to a 3 year deal with a 2 year out clause. There may not be a ton of competition to sign a guy with his 2023 roller coaster return.

If not, move on.

(12-14-2023, 06:57 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(12-14-2023, 08:17 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Rashee Rice essentially has the numbers right now.

And this upcoming draft class is very good. Definitely better than the rookie class this year.

I don’t know what’s the right move here and a lot will depend on the last 4 (hopefully more) games the Jags have left.

Ridley just isn’t consistent enough and is still making rookie/week 1 mistakes. With Trevor, I do think a rookie can do what Ridley is doing. They also would have a much lower cap figure.

I hope Ridley turns it on here in the last month because the Jags need him to be great.

I was curious to see what the rookie WRs have done this year stat wise so I decided to look it up. Going to list them in the order they were drafted and by round.

1st round
Jaxon Smith-Njigba - 49 catches, 493 yards, 2 TD
Quentin Johnston - 29, 333, 1
Zay Flowers - 64, 673, 3
Jordan Addison - 56, 713, 7

2nd round
Jonathan Mingo - 36, 377, 0
Jayden Reed - 48, 540, 5
Rashee Rice - 59, 663, 6
Marvin Mims - 18, 298, 1

3rd round
Tank Dell - 47, 709, 7
Jalin Hyatt - 19, 343, 0
Cedric Tillman - 11, 108, 0
Josh Downs - 54, 612, 2
Michael Wilson - 28, 435, 2
Tre Tucker - 8, 161, 0

4th round
Derius Davis - 12, 44, 0
Charlie Jones - 16, 197, 1
Tyler Scott - 11, 92, 0

5th round
Justin Shorter - 0, 0, 0
Dontayvion Wicks - 25, 394, 1
Puka Nacua - 82, 1113, 4

6th round
Parker Washington - 8, 88, 2
Kayshon Boutte - 2, 19, 0
Trey Palmer - 28, 244, 2
A.T. Perry - 5, 119, 1
Elijah Higgins - 4, 49, 0
Xavier Hutchinson - 4, 58, 0
Andrei Iosivas - 5, 39, 2
Demario Douglas - 36, 410, 0

7th round
Antoine Green - 0, 0, 0
Colton Dowell - 0, 0, 0
Jalen Brooks - 5, 63, 0
Ronnie Bell - 4, 51, 1
Grant DuBose - 0, 0, 0