09-08-2024, 10:12 AM
(09-08-2024, 07:22 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Lol... Just a reminder that of the 18 WRs drafted between 2019 and 2021 that have posted a 1k season, only 3 haven't gotten an extension or reached FA.
Ja'Marr Chase
Tee Higgins
Darnell Mooney
That's it. Mooney never reached 650 yards in any of his other 3 seasons so he very much feels like a one-of-these-isn't-like-the-other, but every other non-Bengals 1k WR got an extension before hitting FA. Good WRs aren't just playing out their entire rookie contracts, getting tagged and playing, and happily not getting extensions.
So wide receivers are special in that they can't be tagged? Why have a franchise tag? If it'll hurt wide receivers's feelings it must go.
2019 is an arbitrary year and 1k is an arbitrary amount of yardage, but sure we can look at that locus of players. How many of these 18 receivers have been injured as frequently as Higgins? How many are demanding the most money ever like Chase? And how many of these 18 WRs wound up being signed by a team with a QB that is as highly paid as Burrow?
