AJ’s decline...

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(11-19-2020, 10:39 AM)Big Boss Wrote: There's no realm of reality where they justify re-signing him to another big contract. Hell, he's barely playing well enough for league minimum.

Writing's on the wall. He will not be here next year.

(11-19-2020, 11:00 AM)Whatever Wrote: He's on pace for WR3 production, but he's 23rd in the league in Targets, so WR1 volume.

Sadly, the guy is done.  A day 3 pick could do what he's doing with that much target volume.  

Lol you guys are nuts with the hyperbole.

He's not, "done," far from it; he just is not the game-breaking, WR1 that we had for his first 8 years here and that's fine (after this season), but like Ocho said, it's only fine if he gets a significantly-lower deal.

If he signed a team-friendly 3 year 20 mil deal or (at the most), 7 mil a year for 2-4 years, that would be fine; you would have a mentor in the locker room, someone who will get you WR3 numbers and will still command targets/attention, albeit not like before.

If the guy was, "done," he wouldn't be averaging 10+ YPC, though his YPG is low (slightly deflated due to not getting a ton of snaps in the Bmore game).

To compare with Fitzgerald, his idol, Fitz had his first (non-rookie) year like this, when he was 29 and a ton of people were claiming he was, "done," back then.

Now, while Fitzgerald did have a resurgence for 3 years (I don't expect that same resurgence out of AJ), he was kept around (probably at more money that he's worth) as a WR3 and has been a solid presence on the team; there's no reason why AJ can't be that same player, for the next 4-5 years and I would be more-than happy to keep him on the team.

Just don't pay him like a WR1.