05-21-2020, 08:13 PM
(05-21-2020, 12:24 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Unless you spend the $1.3 million to sign a WR then you are creating a hole. We don't have anyone as good as Erickson on the roster to replace him and he can't be replaced by just any rookie off the street for $600K.
You're making false comparisons again. It's not switching one hole for another if it's switching your #6 WR for say a #4 edge rusher who can spell Geno inside, or part of the salary of a starting OL such as Warford. AND getting some draft capital in return.
We claimed Pharoah Cooper off waivers last year, and he was fine if we just could've kept him. He had a great catch against us when we played the Cards. You assume a "rookie off the street", but when you're first in the claim order at 53 man cut time, there are plenty of guys out there for #6 WR, but there are NOT plenty of #4 pass rushers or starting OL out there. Sure we MIGHT need Erickson later in the season, but we will SURELY need another DL and OL. Play the odds.
