08-31-2015, 03:54 PM
(08-31-2015, 03:39 PM)djs7685 Wrote: To be fair, I'm sure they are plenty worried of their best player becoming injured again. Let's not pretend they picked extending Julio over trading for A.J. or something though (not saying that you're implying this, just a general statement). Whether he's been injured or not, you basically HAVE to extend your best player. I think you or someone else even mentioned that already. They would have given him this extension whether they were worried about future injury or not IMO, they're in the position where they have to.
FWIW, I think Julio has been sliiiiiiiiightly more impressive on gameday, but has done so with a better QB, better coaching, and has had more injuries, so I put A.J. and Julio right on the same page right now, maybe even giving A.J. the nod with all things considered. A.J. actually impressed me more early in his career where Julio looks to be at his best right now, so it'll be interesting to see what they both do this coming season.
Well, they could've let him play out his deal if they were concerned about his fragile-ness, maybe they still are but didn't want to risk signing him after the year, I don't know.
Since we're using real stats here, like Toast mentioned, it's weird to compare coaching, QB play, offensive philosophy, the fact that Julio wasn't the #1 when he was drafted, and shared a lot of redzone targets with 2 other great players for a couple years.
I think that was what the buzz was in the draft, A.J. was ready to go immediately and Julio would take slightly more time but could develop into a better overall player.
Both offenses run through each player, you can argue who is more important to the team right now, all I'm saying is, Julio is worth a little bit more to me based off production.
