06-07-2024, 03:37 PM
It's not the worst idea. We're all somewhat emotionally attached to Chase and to Tee to a lesser extent. They were part of what brought this team out of the toilet and into contention. A front office can't think like we do as fans.
Youth football is currently designed to crank out pass catchers. My kid is 11. He plays in 2 flag leagues and 1 tackle. Most of the year those kids are just working on routes and conditioning. There are also a lot of 7 on 7 leagues that are basically designed to develop qbs and receivers exclusively.
Look around the league. Have we ever seen this many "elite" receivers at a time? We have 5 or 6 actual elite guys (Hill, Chase, Jefferson, Brown, possibly Adams) then you have a bunch of guys in the very good tier wanting to be paid like the top 5. This list might be 15-20 players long depending on how you look at it.
Look at every single draft. It's almost guaranteed that 5 wrs are going in round 1 and hitting the ground running. The you get the Nacuas and the Dells that go in middle rounds that perform at a very high level.
The supply is fat right now at that position. It's likely to only get fatter with the changes and re-alignment in college. I have no idea when, but the contract inflation at this position is going to bust. Teams aren't going to keep shelling out that kind of money when they can get controllable rookies for a fraction of that.
The question for the Bengals is whether or not they want to be on the hook for a 35k per year wr if and when the bottom drops out.
Youth football is currently designed to crank out pass catchers. My kid is 11. He plays in 2 flag leagues and 1 tackle. Most of the year those kids are just working on routes and conditioning. There are also a lot of 7 on 7 leagues that are basically designed to develop qbs and receivers exclusively.
Look around the league. Have we ever seen this many "elite" receivers at a time? We have 5 or 6 actual elite guys (Hill, Chase, Jefferson, Brown, possibly Adams) then you have a bunch of guys in the very good tier wanting to be paid like the top 5. This list might be 15-20 players long depending on how you look at it.
Look at every single draft. It's almost guaranteed that 5 wrs are going in round 1 and hitting the ground running. The you get the Nacuas and the Dells that go in middle rounds that perform at a very high level.
The supply is fat right now at that position. It's likely to only get fatter with the changes and re-alignment in college. I have no idea when, but the contract inflation at this position is going to bust. Teams aren't going to keep shelling out that kind of money when they can get controllable rookies for a fraction of that.
The question for the Bengals is whether or not they want to be on the hook for a 35k per year wr if and when the bottom drops out.
