Brandon Scherff - Yes please

[WVUHomer]

(02-24-2022, 01:40 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I said this last offseason when I was pushing for Thuney. I would rather have a slightly less talented player who is reliably healthy than a slightly more talented player who can't be relied upon... and sure enough Thuney was healthy and good, and Scherff was not healthy and good.

So yes, there might be a gap in ability between Daniels and Scherff, but you need to think of it this way when determining who is better....

17 games of Daniels + Daniels in the playoffs
or
11 games of Scherff + 6 games of Adeniji + potentially Adeniji in the playoffs

...and you're paying much more for the latter.

Scherff is heading into his age 31 season and has been on the IR 3 of the last 4 seasons with still missing 6 games in the only season of those 4 that he's not been on the IR. He's not going to get more durable with age.

Literally had this same debate with my coworker the whole day. He's of the opinion of not signing Bates to afford one of these contracts while I pointed out all the good young OL while also keeping Bates.