05-24-2016, 04:39 PM
(05-24-2016, 04:05 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Look at the rookie WR's that were drafted to teams that needed WR... they all seemed to produce with the exception of a few. A lot of rookie WRs that don't produce get drafted to teams where there's already a couple of solid WRs in front of them.
LaFell doesn't have blazing speed, but he's played the outside fine on other teams. The last time he played on the outside the majority of the time is when he had almost 1k yards and 7 TDs.
Last year one injury brings in the "Tate train" too, so I don't see your point. The WR core is fine, and it's just as good as last year. Hell it might even be better.
uhh what? every team that drafted a WR in the 1st two rounds needed one lol otherwise they wouldn't be taking one in the 1st 2 rounds
So who were all these rookies? The guy from Oakland who was a #4 overall pick? Stefon Diggs in the 5th round or Tyler Lockett in the 3rd? JJ Nelson maybe (another 5th rounder)?
4 guys out of an entire draft of wrs, nice!
Look, I'm not saying Boyd is bad, quite the contrary. What I'm saying is, from a statistical standpoint, the odds of a rookie WR coming in and producing (at the level you are expecting) is slimmer than you think. You can show me the OBJs of the world, but for every OBJ there are 10 other guys who didn't live up to their potential.
You completely skimmed over the Marquis Lee portion of my argument (wonder why), someone with great college resume, that hasn't translated yet to the NFL. Boyd could very well be this, or as I eluded to (and hope) he is more of an Allen Robinson, that comes in and gest going quickly. Either way, you are HOPING he can do it, you don't KNOW anything yet.
As for Lafell, I'm gonna go full Freddy on you. Jones and Sanu got how big of contracts? How long was Lafell on the open market? Tell me more about how Lafell is better than Sanu and Jones. There is a reason he was run out of NE. Once again, I'm not saying he is bad, I'm saying GMs and coaches value Marvin Jones and Sanu more, and that should tell you something about what we lost in those 2.
