PFF Grades vs Browns

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(12-27-2024, 12:26 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I am firmly in the camp of paying Higgins. With a Burrow restructure and a few obvious cuts, we have over $100 mil in cap space. And no one who needs a big payday this offseason.

Don't repeat the Reader/Rankins debacle. Keep the elite level player. We can go bargain bin/development/RD3-7 pick at WR3.

I can understand this for sure especially after Joe so adamantly wanting Tee back.

[Whatever]

(12-27-2024, 03:22 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yeah, he is a good blocker, is good at blocking out Corners using his size and as we see is a good Red Zone weapon. He had elite RAS scores etc.

Catching with his body was always his problem and he seems to have turned the corner in this aspect in a good way this year.

He's got way more problems than just being a body catcher.  He's currently 95th out of 95 qualifying WR's in PFF's WR rankings and has the third lowest catch % on the team.

I'm not saying cut the guy.  He has great athletic traits and potentially develop more, but he's not close to being a WR2.  Just has a bad feel for the position, like the times he runs flat out through a soft spot on the zone instead of of gearing down, settling in, and creating an easy throw for Burrow.  Still a good back half of the roster option and ST's guy. Just not a WR2 or even a decent WR 3.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(12-27-2024, 12:26 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: And no one who needs a big payday this offseason.

...no one? You're going to tell your probable WR triple-crown winner and sack leader to just stuff themselves?

[SunsetBengal]

(12-27-2024, 12:26 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I am firmly in the camp of paying Higgins. With a Burrow restructure and a few obvious cuts, we have over $100 mil in cap space. And no one who needs a big payday this offseason.

Don't repeat the Reader/Rankins debacle. Keep the elite level player. We can go bargain bin/development/RD3-7 pick at WR3.

Uh, JaMarr Chase definitely needs a big payday this offseason, and I'd say that Hendrickson has definitely outplayed his contract and deserves a bump.