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(03-14-2016, 05:14 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: I hear Mike Wallace's name kicked around several other teams.  I think he would be perfect here.  Exactly what this offense needs to help the underneath:  a vertical threat.  Before people start spouting off 40 times of WRs coming out of the combine, we KNOW he has lethal speed.  He is also adept at tracking the deep ball.  He has had two of the worst downfield QBs in the league since leaving putzburgh.  I would offer him $4 million base per year with a modest signing bonus and incentives that could take it up to $5.5 million.  Maybe he wouldn't accept that, or maybe he would like to play with a high-powered offense and a QB that can get him the ball.

He HAD lethal speed. By all accounts I have seen, he's lost a couple steps. You can get by if one of the aspects of your game is so good it can carry the rest, but if that's all you have and then it starts deteriorating? There's too small of a difference between burning a CB and being locked down by a CB.

It's the same with the Reds Billy Hamilton. Sure he can sorta get value despite not being able to hit worth a damn because he's so fast his baserunning and defense is great. But if he loses even one step after a couple years and doesn't improve the other parts of his game to compensate? He'll be irredeemable.

Mike Wallace hasn't had at least 13 yards per catch in the last three years... after posting 19.4, 21.0, and 16.8 in his first three years. Think of him as the WR version of Chris Johnson, except Chris Johnson eventually realized he was no longer always the fastest man on the field and what he was doing wasn't working. So he worked on the other aspects of his game to make a comeback. Don't know if Wallace has the character to do that.


My vet WR choice is still Anquan Boldin. Dude can step in and be a possession #2 WR immediately, we know he can produce, and he's not going to be a problem in the locker room.