Per Report, Marvin Jones wants $7m+ per year!

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(02-05-2016, 04:47 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Just because a guy is a #2 WR that does not automatically mean he is not good.

Julio Jones was the #2 WR when he got to Atlanta.  Tory Holt and John Stallworth were #2 WRs.

Julio Jones was the 6th overall pick and put up more yards in his rookie season than Marvin Jones has ever put up in a season and then put up 1,198 yards his second season. Torry Holt (also the 6th overall pick) put up 1,635 yards in his second season.

John Stallworth, along with all Steelers, is VASTLY overrated and like all Steelers during that time was juiced up more than the average WWE wrestler.

Dead on comparisons for Marvin Jones' situation.

(02-05-2016, 05:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: People claim Marvin benefited from playing opposite Green, but Green also benefits from having a legit deep threatr playing opposite of him.  Remember what happened after Chris Henry got injured in '09 and the guys playing opposit from Chad (Coles, Caldwell) were no threat at all to beat single coverage deep?  Although Henry had not caught a lot of passes that year the respect that defenses had to give to Henry opened up our passing game.  Of course our TEs that year were Coats and Foschi, so it would not be as bad with Eifert, but it would still have some effect.

AJ Green put up over 1,057 yards his rookie season with Jerome Simpson (who did nothing before or after) as his #2. In his second season when Jones put up 201 yards and his #2 WR was Tate/Binns, AJ put up 1,350 yards. The #2 receiving yardage that year? Jermaine Gresham. The #3? Andrew Hawkins.

AJ does what AJ does regardless of who you line up. He makes other people better by pulling double coverage, the Bengals have never had anyone at WR to make AJ Green better.

Nice attempt referencing a declining Chad Johnson/Ochocinco and comparing him to a prime aged AJ Green, though.