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Originally Posted by MagicHef
You asked if they made the trade to improve the offense. Obviously they did.
No, I expect better than his worst/injured numbers. I expect him to perform roughly the way he has on average for his career.
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I was obviously saying that the goal should be a lot higher than “better than what we had before.” It’s a monumental failure of a trade if the offense isn’t vastly better for several years. And if it doesn’t result in regular playoff appearances and at least a few deep runs.
Denver doesn’t have a young team. And now they’ve severely limited their ability to add cheap young talent over the next few years. Plus, Wilson’s coming contract will limit their ability to add or keep talent in general. Meanwhile, their division rival, which has won six straight division titles, just loaded up on cheap young talent and will have 12 more picks next year. Oh, and the Chargers (and maybe even Raiders) are well-positioned for the future too. As are many other AFC teams.
Btw, why do you expect much better production than the last year and a half? Plenty of analysts have pointed out that he’s lost athleticism and is past his prime. He had better WRs in Seattle and an OL with almost identical stats. He still throws a great deep ball, but if they let him “cook,” the blueprint is already out for how to slow it down.