(03-23-2016, 02:23 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: True, but LaFell only played 1.5 seasons in NE. Carolina generally threw less than us, so it evens out.
Also, we're talking one player vs two.
Either way, my point isn't really to say that LaFell > MLJ and Sanu combined. It's more to say that LaFell is better than some think and maybe MLJ and Sanu weren't quite as good/productive as some think.
If the 6-6.5 range is accurate, that would also mean he will cost about as much as Sanu alone..... But homers gonna home, right?
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It was a weak FA wideout market so there wasn't many options "better" than Lafell, many that were worse. It might not stop us from having to take a wideout early, but maybe the back to back wideout pick isn't as certain with the signing.
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(03-23-2016, 03:33 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Last year was a really bad year for him. Didn't really do much, but at the same time he was injured.
He dropped 6 passes, which was as many as Tyler Eifert.
However, LaFell only caught 50% of the passes thrown his way. Eifert caught 70.3%
Then, in 2014, LaFell only dropped 2 passes with 74 receptions and 114 targets. He caught 62.2% of passes thrown his way and had a drop rate of 1.7%
LaFell had a bad season last year, but he is still talented. As for speed? Same 40 time as Sanu. In the 4.5's
Sanu was 4.67. Lafell was 4.55.
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Zac Taylor 2023: 9 wins despite losing Burrow half the season
Zac Taylor 2024: Started 1-4. If he can turn this into a playoff appearance, it will be impressive.
Lafell - someone help me out as I know nothing about him.
Tall or avg..lanky or more athletic looking to go over the middle and be ok....is he speedy? Is he an outside threat w wheels? Good hands?
Off the top of my head as I looked all this up over the last week
6-3 220 not lanky very big body. nE would occasionally line him up in the backfield and even block. He isn't a burner but can still stretch the field and box oppppnents much like a Brandon Marshall (of course not on the same talent level) but similar attributes. He ran a 4.5 at the combine so he is not slow for his size and he did play the slot before.
I think he could pick of 50-55% of the combine production of sanu and jones combined 600-700 yards and 50-60 catches. We need someone else to step up (probably a rookie) and get another 40% and then eifert and green to be who we know they can be.
Lafell would be a good signing at this point in the offseason. Wallace was my first choice, but Lafell brings another big body in the redzone
(03-23-2016, 02:23 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: True, but LaFell only played 1.5 seasons in NE. Carolina generally threw less than us, so it evens out.
Also, we're talking one player vs two.
Either way, my point isn't really to say that LaFell > MLJ and Sanu combined. It's more to say that LaFell is better than some think and maybe MLJ and Sanu weren't quite as good/productive as some think.
Good signing. I never like the idea of trusting the draft to replenish a position that's been picked clean like our WR core has. I'd even sign another vet, then draft a WR high and draft another in later rounds
It would be a very good signing, and I hope we complete it quickly. Really would firm things up. But I would still go WR early, maybe even still in the first round, if the right guy were there. Certainly, though, I'd take one within the first three rounds. We still need deep speed.
Yeah I'm always worried when it gets leaked that a deal is "almost" done. It often means that the player's agent is trying to apply pressure to get their client signed. Either by our team or someone else. Warren Sapp and Donte Whitner were "almost" signed as well.
(03-23-2016, 05:42 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: the whole Targeted state can be misleading were the other 50% he didnt catch catchable?
Exactly. All a "target" means is that the QB was throwing the ball to that player. What if a receiver has a really bad QB? People also should realize that certain players (like TEs or RBs) typically have better target/completion % thanks to the types of routes they run.
What's easier to complete? A five yard screen or fifteen yard out? A shallow drag or a go route? That's why a top 5 WR like AJ Green "only" converts 58.8% of his targets while a mediocre TE could convert 70% of his targets.
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