09-11-2015, 12:23 PM
(09-11-2015, 12:07 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Jones has had an injury problem so far in his career. He had a foot injury his rookie year too. Most solid #2s only get around 4 mil a year. Jones will have to do a LOT of work this year to get over 4 mil a year. If Jones walks then we have to get another WR in the draft, or free agency. Sanu wouldn't be that great of a #2. Just for reference Golden Tate only gets paid a little over 6 mil a year (on average), and he's a lot better than Jones.
Yeah I agree that we'd have to get another WR, in my example I used a high round draft pick because I don't like Sanu as #2 either. He's a slot guy, and I think we can retain him for a reasonable price and the team will at least try to lock Sanu up IMO.
Your Golden Tate example is interesting, and here is what got him $6.2 million per year....
Year 1 - 21 rec, 227 yards, 0 TD
Year 2 - 35 rec, 382 yards, 3 TD
Year 3 - 45 rec, 688 yards, 7 TD
Year 4 - 64 rec, 898 yards, 5 TD
Marvin Jones
Year 1 - 18 rec, 201 yards, 1 TD
Year 2 - 51 rec, 712 yards, 10 TD
Year 3 - injured
Year 4 - ?????
Let's say he hypothetically hits 60 receptions, 800 yards, and 5 TDs this year.
Is it really unbelievable that a team would pay him more than $4 million per? I dunno man, looking at what happened with Golden Tate, I'm not sure if it's out of the realm of possibility. That's IF he hits that kind of production of course. He would obviously be much cheaper to retain if he doesn't have a big year for a #2.
