06-17-2023, 11:52 AM
(06-17-2023, 10:55 AM)Graphicguy Wrote: Not at all. I think all 3 are All Pro, and will be for the foreseeable future. Without one, the rest won’t be as good. Kind of like a car with one dead cylinder. Yeah, it will run….not nearly as well when all are flirting, but it will run.
Double/triple teaming Chase, which is what would invariably happen if HIggins leaves, would be a negative for Burrow, Chase and the team overall.
This is especially true given this is probably Boyd’s last year here. Use Boyd’s contract off the books to offset Higgins. Use Mixon’s contract off the books to offset Burrow’s. Won’t cover all, but will cover a lot. Plus, as I mentioned before, the CAP will continue to rise, which also makes keeping this trio together possible. Together they are just so danged hard to defend.
Where this notion of letting your best players walk in the prime of their career for unknown draft picks is insane. To get…..what? Someone who may be as good? Or, more likely, inferior to what we have. Why do that?
You drafted these players. You developed these players. And, you want to dump them for draft pics as a result? What’s the point?
I'm not for letting great players go and I do think we are better with Higgins. My statement was in regards to the potential negative impact of losing Tee. Mahomes won a SB with a TE, Davonte and Rogers were great. Brady didnt have one great WR outside of Moss one year. much less 2 I would hope Burrow and Chase could still succeed, although I'd prefer it be easier with Tee.
