Would you do the deal...

[BobJones4980]

(03-10-2022, 08:31 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Except.... 
Justin Jefferson's results are with Kirk Cousins as his QB. Are we not believing that Justin Herbert is better than Kirk Cousins?
Justin Herbert's results are with the 29th scoring defense and a HC that refuses to kick FGs due to analytics that directly lost multiple games.

Meanwhile you get to add an 11 INT All-Pro CB, AND also whomever you take in the 1st round of the 2021 draft... Sewell? Slater? Parsons? Heck, maybe even Chase or DeVonta Smith?

As for Diggs "got beat quite a bit"... does it matter? If you win more than you lose, you are a winner. He gave up 4 TDs and got 11 INTs (including 2 that were pick sixes). He allowed a 55.8 QB Rating in his coverage. 

Damien Harris was PFF's 3rd ranked RB in 2021. Derrick Henry was 17th. Are you telling me you'd want Damien Harris over Derrick Henry?

As I said, Burrow pulled ahead of Herbert in 2021, but it wasn't so far that an All-Pro CB PLUS one of Chase/Sewell/Slater/Parsons doesn't cover that gap.

I mean I'm not just looking at the grade on Diggs, just using it as a reference. They do a pretty good job explaining the grade though:

Quote:The first and most apparent reason Diggs has a lower grade than you might expect is that he gives up a lot of yardage between interceptions. How many yards? Well, he is currently on pace to surrender the most yards in coverage PFF has recorded from any cornerback over the last 16 years.


Think about that for a second. Some truly catastrophic liabilities in coverage have started full seasons over the last 16 years in the NFL, and Diggs could eclipse them all in yards allowed despite boasting the kind of interception total that would ordinarily dissuade offenses from targeting his coverage.


It’s a smaller point, but Diggs also leads the league in penalties among cornerbacks, with two more than anybody else.

My point being, are all the big plays he makes sustainable or is this season the outlier. Because if it is an outlier and the interceptions drop to a more reasonable number then he just becomes a liability. So yea I would say it does matter, quite a bit for the future of the team if lets say he ends up with 5 interceptions next year and gives up the same yardage.

Again I think Herbert and Justin Jefferson are good to great players, do I think if we replace Higgins, Chase and Burrow with Herbert, JJ, Diggs, and Slater we make the Super Bowl? I don't think we do but this is all speculation so who knows.