(02-01-2024, 09:38 PM)AnOldBrownie Wrote: Bye.  I want a receiver that's got his talent, without the age.  He's almost 30 and I'm not giving more than a 2 year deal to a WR at that age.  I'd offer him two years 36 million...which I doubt will be enough to keep him in Jacksonville.


Our receiving corps success or failure will depend on TREVOR.  CJ Stroud threw the ball to a group of guys.  Jordan Love threw it to a bunch of guys. Mahomes...this season threw to Kelsey and a bunch of guys.  Whose Detroit's #1 receiver?

Trevor did better the year before with Christian, Zay, MARVIN JONES JR. and our tight end group.

I'd like to have Calvin...but his value shouldn't be more than 20 million per.

Obviously IMO

The first part of your statement has some merit, but then it all goes to poop.  Consider top three receivers by team:

the "group of guys" Stroud threw to: Nico Collins (darft), Tank Dell (darft), Dalton Schultz (darft)
Love: Jayden Reed (darft), Romeo Doubs (darft), Dontayvion Wicks (darft)
Patty: Kelce (darft/re-signed), Rashee Rice (darft), Justin Watson (darft)
Loins: Amon-Ra St. Brown (how you don't know a 1500 yard receiver dude?, darft), Sam LaPorta (darft), Josh Reynolds (FA)

noticing a trend, yet? These "group of guys" are building teams through the darft. They are the next generation of Beckhams and Hopkinses that are going to be the names everyone knows in 5 years, if not already. The difference between these teams and us are we are spending like oil barons on WR/TE while these teams are doing it on the cheap, possibly excluding KC due to Kelce's deal.

Will it sustain? Time will have to tell. If these guys do become household names, or their QBs ride the wave of success to sign their own megadeals, will the QB/WR tandems stay intact? That's left to be decided. This is what gives me pause about paying yet another WR - we tie more cap into that room, and DL, OL, etc are left to build via darft on the cheap. Is one easier than the other to find production? Look at the list above and tell me what you think.

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