Sanu or Jones or Both?

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

I'd take Jones over Sanu, unless people are going to be crazy in FA and pay Jones like he's a WR who averages more than 500yds/season and has proven he can take a full starting load. In that case I would take neither. There's too much WR talent in every draft to be overpaying #2 WRs or keeping #3 WRs that can't get separation just because they can block or throw a spiral.

The Seahawks picked up Tyler Lockett in the 3rd round, the Vikings took Stephon Diggs in the 5th, and the Cardinals got JJ Nelson in the 5th.

Last year the Colts got Donte Moncrief in the 3rd, Cardinals got Josh Brown in the 3rd, Steelers got Martavis Bryant in the 4th, and Allen Hurns went undrafted.

In 2013 the Cowboys got Terrance Williams in the 3rd, Chargers got Keenan Allen in the 3rd, Steelers got Markus Wheaton in the 3rd, Saints got Kenny Stills in the 5th, Marlon Brown put up 524/7 as an undrafted rookie for the Ravens.

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If you objectively look at Jones and Sanu's stats rather than with Bengal Fandom Glasses, they're both very replaceable WRs. Look at another very similar contract year scenario the Bengals had to deal with not that long ago.

Jerome Simpson 2011 (16 games, 14 starts): 50/725(14.5)/4
Marvin Jones 2015 pace (16 games, 12 starts): 63/793(12.7)/5

Andre Caldwell 2011 (13 games/2 starts): 37/317(8.7)/3
Mohamed Sanu 2015 pace (16 games/4 starts): 33/436(13.1)/0

The Ws and Bengals uniform cloud the mind, but they are very replaceable.