05-24-2016, 05:15 PM
(05-24-2016, 04:39 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: uhh what? every team that drafted a WR in the 1st two rounds needed one lol otherwise they wouldn't be taking one in the 1st 2 rounds
So who were all these rookies? The guy from Oakland who was a #4 overall pick? Stefon Diggs in the 5th round or Tyler Lockett in the 3rd? JJ Nelson maybe (another 5th rounder)?
4 guys out of an entire draft of wrs, nice!
Look, I'm not saying Boyd is bad, quite the contrary. What I'm saying is, from a statistical standpoint, the odds of a rookie WR coming in and producing (at the level you are expecting) is slimmer than you think. You can show me the OBJs of the world, but for every OBJ there are 10 other guys who didn't live up to their potential.
You completely skimmed over the Marquis Lee portion of my argument (wonder why), someone with great college resume, that hasn't translated yet to the NFL. Boyd could very well be this, or as I eluded to (and hope) he is more of an Allen Robinson, that comes in and gest going quickly. Either way, you are HOPING he can do it, you don't KNOW anything yet.
As for Lafell, I'm gonna go full Freddy on you. Jones and Sanu got how big of contracts? How long was Lafell on the open market? Tell me more about how Lafell is better than Sanu and Jones. There is a reason he was run out of NE. Once again, I'm not saying he is bad, I'm saying GMs and coaches value Marvin Jones and Sanu more, and that should tell you something about what we lost in those 2.
1. I'm with you on rookie WRs, that said, 2nd round picks like Boyd are more likely to make some type of impact than some random 5th round guy. I have a feeling people would feel differently had we drafted a Laquan Treadwell, but Boyd wasn't one of the big names.
Is Boyd guaranteed success? Of course not. But lets be honest, he's replacing a guy who had 390 yards and 0 TDs last year.
2. LaFell is older than those 2 guys and coming off injury. That drives down price. It's not like 2.5 million (1 million guaranteed) is peanuts for a WR though. LaFell is making way more than someone like Brandon Tate. The Pats are not immune to mistakes and sometimes they just feel the need to go in a different direction. Plenty of players have been cut or traded by NE and had success elsewhere though.
The Pats cleared around 6-7 million in cap space when they cut LaFell and Scott Chandler. LaFell was slow to recover from his injury and for that reason he fell down their depth chart in the playoffs. That doesn't mean he can't be a factor for us this year if fully recovered.
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