(03-17-2023, 02:51 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(03-17-2023, 02:19 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Those people (not me) were mostly unnecessarily focused on his skillset as a slot receiver and/or the max potential of his contract.

A few others didn't think he was very good, and those folks were being stupid. 

Anyway - why do you bring it up? What's the current comparison?

I think people are blasting the Taylor signing but I don't think it's that bad.

Is it a little high? Probably but again, it's FA and it's also Andy Reid. Reid knows talent when he sees it and he knows how to maximize talent.

Just like when Pederson saw the talent in Kirk and knew how to maximize it.

I think Kirk's production prior to his free agency far outweighed Taylor's crappy three years followed by a year of Lawrence making him look good in a lot of games. 

Taylor's win rate in pass pro and run game don't quite add up to his contract, but personally I just saw it as a KC staff that saw something useful and was willing to pay a premium for it. Especially when their obvious alternative was even more expensive. Kind of typical free agency overpaying territory. Nothing all that unusual.

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