(01-22-2023, 03:37 AM)Eric1 Wrote:

(01-22-2023, 03:26 AM)jaglou53 Wrote: It's not a question of wanting to cut him. He is a very good return man, but some good players will have to go. Agnew caught 23 passes in the regular season and can easily be replaced as the team's number 4 or 5 receiver. If the $4 million in savings allows them to keep Robertson-Harris or Jenkins, it seems like a no-brainer to me.

So $4m is more valuable than 1000+ all purpose yards?

The team can easily create $4m by converting somebody's cash to a signing bonus to keep RRH, and/or Jenkins. Khan has deep pockets. No reason to get rid of Agnew over a measly $4m. He's more important to the team than that.

I'm clearly in the minority regarding possibly cutting Agnew. To clarify, I like him as a return specialist and occasionally on gadget plays. If they are able to re-structure his contract to take less of a salary cap hit, I'd be all for it. However, I believe his value to the team is being overstated. The statistics would back me up on this. Yes, when you add up his all-purpose yardage it totals slightly over 1000 yards with 750 coming on returns. There's no denying his returns against the Chiefs were very big, but during the regular season his returns were nothing spectacular. He averaged 26 yards per kick return and 8 on punts with no touchdowns in either category. He could be replaced by someone like Derius Davis, who is likely to be available in the 5th or 6th round. Davis has the same skill-set and returned 5 punts for touchdowns while at TCU. There have been a few return specialists such as Devin Hester and Dante Hall whose value to their team was very high; I don't believe Agnew falls into that category despite making 1 pro bowl as a return-man.

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