Brandon LaFell has reached agreement w/ Bengals

[Brownshoe]

(03-31-2016, 03:32 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Then explain his market value. 

Did he just sign a 1 year deal here, for most likely less than 1/4 of what Marvin Jones sees per year, simply because he's a nice guy or was feeling generous?  If he was as good, then explain it to me.  

Like I said, I have no problem with that signing.  And I would rather pay him less, than pay Jones or Sanu more.  I even compared Lafell's talent level to that of Sanu's.  But here is a reason his market was nowhere near Marvin Jones'.  It's because he's not as good.

Legit #2 receivers, top half of the league #2's, don't sign 1 year deals for under 3 mil, at the age of 29.  He's a serviceable, that is really joining a team to compete to be the third option.  Green and Eifert are options  and 2. 

I really don't understand why some of you get so defensive about such obvious statements.  Like that Weezy dude who seems to have a hard-on for busting my balls about every single thing.   "Pretty much everything said here is bs."  No it's not.  Brandon Lafell is not that good.  And that's ok.  Deal with it.

No reason to get all bent out of shape about someone saying they're not super excited about a signing that no other team would get super excited about.  He provides some depth and he's crazy cheap.  He's ok.  Nowhere near an ideal 2, but we really don't need one. 

So what people get paid is how good they are? I guess that means Joe Flacco is the best QB in the league, and Eli Manning is right there with him. Just because someone got a good deal on him means nothing.

LaFell has had just as much if not more production than Marvin Jones, so other than "oh well he gets paid more" what proof do you have that Jones is better?

Again. What does the deal that he just signed do with anything. The deal that people sign does NOT signify how good they are.

My previous post showed how everything you said in your post was BS.

Why don't you show some evidence that he's not an "ideal #2", because I can show how he's BETTER than Marvin Jones due to stats and him being more durable.