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Cheap WR?
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We can need it next year. Funny thing about needs is they don't go away. We have needed OL, CB, LB for far longer than we have needed RB, which in its current state is a want.
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One of the crucial differences is cost to benefit.
With a Tackle, for instance, you've almost GOT to go round 1, certainly no later than round 2. Almost all of the NFL quality Tackles come out of the first couple of rounds.
Now... with a RB, this is less so. Most years, you see RBs fall way down the board, and this year, none are expected to go until round 2.
This means that by the time you get to the third round (where I suggested that we might take a RB), the Tackles are wiped out, but you might just find a top 3 RB.
It's a risk vs. cost thing...
The next part of this is FA cost to benefit. You can find very nice, youngish LBs (for instance) in free agency at a minimal cost. Indeed, we found Long for 5m/year... Now flip that to RB. These guys are mostly 28 years old or so and essentially used up. Yes, you can find one... sometimes, but even then, they are probably only good for a year, maybe two.
Look at all the bad RBs we've tried to sign in FA or as UDFAs... I'd say 80-90% of them were completely worthless.
...and that's why I'm keen to at least consider finding a RB this year. A guy like Estime might be there in the 4th round... and what kind of lineman or Edge would we find there? Most likely, a poor one.
It isn't necessarily checking positions off in order.
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I'd like a cheap WR.
Not football-related.
Not football-related.
Not a fan of VS. for me, he is way too inconsistent. Toney is also a no for me. And instead of being cheap to fill a spot, pay the right player who can contribute as a 3rd WR, the money instead of wasting $$ on a spot player.
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Name one... and what you'd pay.
Curtis Samuel, WR, Redskins. 10 mil a year over 3 years probably, its up there, but he is a solid performer in both the run and passing game.
Would love Michael Pittman, but he will be very costly. Rashid Shaheed might be a good option too. 6 mil a year, incentive laden.
Achane had 38 carries in his last college games. He's not a delicate little flower. He's also an exceptional blocker and reciever.
How much do we think Kendrick Bourne signs for somewhere?
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He might be looking for a receiver that can actually catch the ball when it’s thrown to him?
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You'd give our third receiver 10 million a year?
I guess I'm uncertain how we'd pay for that.
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Heh! He might have had a high number of carries in one college game, but he couldn't get through his first NFL season without missing time due to injury... and this was as a part time back.
He had two different injuries in his rookie year: one to his shoulder that caused missed time, and later a knee injury that sent him to IR.
Nor is he an exceptional blocker; he doesn't have the body mass to do more than get in the way of guys who dramatically outweigh him. I think you just make things up to justify what you want to see.
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and 40 carries in his last 4 games
Injuries are a pretty standard course for NFL RBs. Hes no more likely to get against the Giants than he is LSU. Pretty good reason not to waste a much needed asset on adding yet another one when you already have a strong stable.
Come 2025 it might be a different story but you'll hard pressed to find anyone that thinks trading down for 21 to add another back is prudent.
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Of the WR's Miami has a shot at in the draft, I think Ladd McConkey is the clear best option and the one most likely to be able to learn the offense and play early.
I doubt they go that route with the OL talent available, but he's going to get open, be where he should when he should, and maximize yards after the catch. Glove fit for Tua, too.
I doubt they go that route with the OL talent available, but he's going to get open, be where he should when he should, and maximize yards after the catch. Glove fit for Tua, too.