Quote:It's not about that.  You still don't overpay for running backs.  He's 27, right?  It's not worth the risk on a guy that has had injury issues in the past.

 

Ordinarily, I would agree. But these are different times, with the cap space we have and the need to reach the floor. Just look at the contracts that guys like JT Thomas and Skuta are getting. The going rate has gone up by a good amount. So the question is, do we want to overpay for sub-par talents that are left in FA? Or do we roll the dice on a guy who could, if he shows the form from last season, transform our offense?

 

Quite frankly, there is no offensive player (once Cobb stayed in GB) in free-agency that would have changed this still very young offense as drastically as Murray. With his addition and Julius already on the fold, the burden to carry this offense is suddenly lifted from the young shoulders of Bortles, Robinson, and Lee.

 

And that's just what this team needed offensively heading into the off-season.

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