Good to see your post! I hadn't seen an posts by you over the last couple of weeks, and I feared that you had quit the site. I guess you've just been really busy with work or taking a break. At any rate, I agree. Boyd is solid/reliable. He's not exciting, but we won't have the FA $s for an "exciting" WR, as those $s have to go go "exciting" OL and a backup QB. Adding Boyd and then drafting a WR in the 3rd round, or hopefully 2nd round if we're fortunate enough to be able to trade down, and with hopefully, further development of last year's rookes and maybe Charles, we should have plenty of target options for Rodgers.
Ohh, I'll never quit TGG, my friend! As you said, work, honeymoon planning, pulling my hair out watching this year's UK basketball team, and just life have gotten in the way of me posting more frequently plus it's the slow part of the NFL season. As for Boyd, I think he would be a good option for us as long as the money makes sense but you're right, if we're going to exclusively operate in this tier for FA WR's, there's no one that really excites you all that much. It'll be very interesting to see what moves we make prior to FA and then what direction JD goes in those first few days of FA. With how deep this upcoming draft class is at both WR and OT, I think you could either try to spend big at either position in FA and set yourself up well heading into the draft to attack the other or spread the money out more evenly to ensure you get solid production from both positions and allow the board to fall to you.
That's right! Sorry, I had forgotten about your upcoming nuptials and honeymoon!!!! When's the big day? I agree with what you said regarding FA and the draft.
Again Hackett be damned, part of the reason is that Rodgers is at the helm of this offense. Hardman said how he’d see things and how he reads a defense. It’s just different. as a standalone piece, yes Hackett is at the bottom of the barrel but we all know why he’s here and it is what it is at this point. The allure of having Rodgers here though is the big selling point to potential WR targets. And as bad as Hackett was, even he finally got it thru his thick skull to get the ball to Wilson and Hall’s hands as much as possible late in the season.
No worries! The wedding happened back in October, down in Asheville. A beautiful place that I'm sure you're familiar with, but for those that have never been down, I highly encourage it. It's one of our favorite places that's a reasonable drive from us. Our honeymoon is coming up in mid-April and because the wife mainly planned the wedding, I was delegated to honeymoon duty haha it's been fun, just time-consuming.
The middle tier receiver class is the new RB position imo. The top receivers will, and should, get paid fat, but the next tier down are average players that cost between $10-20 million per year. Why would anyone pay that for an average player that could be replaced by either a draft pick (which costs a lot less) or a tier 3 receiver ($5-10 mil) with similar production.
The reason teams WILL pay that for average players is that the vet is proven, rookies are not. The draft is a crap shoot. Some prospects develop some do not. Some who are considered can't miss, DO miss, and others come out of nowhere to become great players and stars. It's unpredictable. When teams want a guaranteed level of competence, they will pay the vet every time.
Forget about Mike Evans. He just resigned with Tampa Bay. Bucs, Mike Evans agree to 2-year, $52M contract, agent says - ESPN
Mike Evans coming off the board is one bullet unintentionally dodged for this FO. Just need to get past the draft now so any concern about the possibility they over-invest into Adams dies off completely.
If Rodgers wanted him badly enough, they'd make it happen. Salary cap is very real, but it's also very maneuverable.
I'd love to get OBJ but not as a front line guy at this point. In a #3 or #4 role/special teams guy he could be a valuable player. He's a winner and could be a good mentor to young WRs. But I can't envision the Jets signing him.
I’m incredibly impressed with Brian Thomas jr. he is just a special talent. Both he a Nabers are studs. LSU is a football factory for WRs. I think if we trade back from 10 (which I believe is very likely) then picking up BTJ would be a stroke of brilliance.
A lot of QB needy teams looking to jump in front of the Vikings. Broncos, Raiders, Saints, Bucs, Rams, Pitt all could jump up if a guy like McCarthy is still on the board at 10
You need to take into account the person that's drafting. Joe Douglas has never traded back from a first round pick and I don't even remember reading anywhere that he considered it at any point. It's not something he does and now if he did it he would probably get worked. All of his moves seem telegraphed
Ya possibly.. I just think if Alt is off the board and a team that loves JJ or maybe even Penix could want to jump in front of the Vikings
