(09-18-2018, 10:49 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(09-18-2018, 07:15 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Antonio Brown is one of the greatest receivers of all time. With that said, I'm not interested. There are 3 reasons......

1. He's not going anywhere. He says he wants to stay in Pittsburgh. He has a really good, strong armed QB and gets a volume of passes thrown his way. He also forms one of the most dangerous WR duos in the NFL with Smith-Schuster  Why would he wanna leave?

2. He has a huge cap number. We cannot afford that. We'd have to start getting rid of high salaried players, now. No thanks.

3. I really like what we have in Cole and Westbrook and despite a bad game, I have faith that Chark can be a very good NFL receiver, so there is really no need for Brown. I'd rather have 3 good, young, cheap receivers rather than one great one with age and a huge cap number.

I agree with #1. He's not leaving Pittsburgh so the question is academic. Even if they were anxious to get rid of arguably the top receiver in the NFL, I read that they would have to take a huge cap hit in 2019 if they traded him.

As far as reason #2, how much of his cap number is salary, and how much is due to his signing bonus that would stay on Pitt's cap? Trading Moncrief as part of the deal would ameliorate some of the cap hit (and maybe all of it).

For #3, I agree that Cole and Westbrook are decent starters. Cole appears to be on track to be a solid #1 receiver. 

I've been disappointed in Chark. Until he shows (in practice) that he can get open and avoid the drops, he needs to just stick to ST. Maybe the Jags should play Mickens at WR in the meantime, he was a pretty good #3 receiver in limited duty last season.