04-17-2018, 03:16 PM
(04-17-2018, 03:11 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Yes sir, I got your three year buffer in your original post. Even with the last three years numbers, Dez is still better than Lafell today. Would I want him on the Bengals? hell no. I don't want a prima dona WR when we already got a better one with AJ. Our WR core already boosts a pretty good % of our cap, so there's little reason to add 8-10 mil guy on it.
But this has all the makings for a great "value deal" for a team is all I am saying. You can probably ask him to take a pretty big pay cut (since the Cowboys cut him at probably the worst time possible) and bank on his potential... potential you've seen for consecutive years in the right system. Teams will be willing to take that gamble.
Yea, the numbers just don't prove out he is MUCH better. Again, I point to this not being about him being better it's this idea he is some huge upgrade over LaFell which he isn't, it's marginal really (I even said for the same money I'd take Dez over LaFell). He has struggled with drops for a while now and as I said he has been figured out as his athletic ability has decreased. I think some team will take a gamble because the pickings are limited at this point, but an idea that he is anything more than a high end 2 today is wishful thinking. I think a team like the Ravens will take him because they still haven't figured out WR yet, but he is going to have another 800 yard 6-8 TD season there. You could get the one year "revenge" bump and he have a nice death kneel year this year, but I just don't think it'll work long term anywhere. Everyone in the NFL knows Dez isn't a number 1 anymore except Dez, and that in the end will probably be the biggest issue.
