01-18-2024, 04:10 PM
(01-18-2024, 01:38 PM)Whatever Wrote: Higgins averages 931 yards per season. Plug that into this year and it would make him 33rd in receiving yards. The 33rd highest paid WR in the league is Adam Thielen, who has a 3 year, $25 mil deal. So the FT represents an overpay of 150+% based on Higgins production. Age doesn't really play into it, as we're talking a one year deal.
That seems ligical but misses the point.
Tee gets less targets because of Chase. The #1 guy on other teams is likely gonna get more targets/yards than any #2. I mean, Curry's PPG went down when the Dubs signed Durant, was Steph less valuable? No.
Plus, Tee averaged well over 1,000 yards his first 3 years. Over 1,000 the two where Burrow was healthy. And put up 100 per game (close to it) when Chase was out.
And making Thielen the comparison and then saying age does not matter is flat out silly. He is ancient, HIS contract is certainly affected by it.
Tee is 20th in the league the last 4 years in receiving yards. 19th amongst WRs (Kelce). And that is sans Burrow for a full year of that time. Plus, of those 19, only 3 have played fewer than Tee's 58 games (Chase, Kupp, Keenan Allen).
He is a top 15-20 WR. Yeah, the tag is a bit of an overpay (average of top 10), but not a lot. #15 makes $18.3 mil. It starts dropping quickly after that. #19 is $16.1 mil (Hunter Renfrow).
