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-Missed seven games last year -Bloated contract -Requires giving up a solid mid-round selection This does not fit the profile of guys Veach likes to trade for. I'm not buying it unless ARZ absorbs a nice chunk of that contract. Clearly he's not who he once was. |
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Also the Chiefs have successfully signed/traded for DE's who were over 30 during the past few years... Ingram and Dunlap... no reason they can't do the same with a WR who is 30 years old. |
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Give me another example of an all-time great WR that has had a worse group of passers to contend with, because I honestly can't think of one. And coaching. Holy Mother of God. How many great WRs would do as well as Deandre, much less better, given the QBs and HCs/OCs that he's carried in his career? He's been elite, in spite of his QBs and coaches, and unlike most great WRs, he's had to do it almost entirely by himself. |
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If the player is talented, Veach probably has interest. But Veach def strikes me as a "this is the value i place on you, otherwise kick rocks" guy. He's not blind to talent. But he's not going to exceed what he believes he can reasonably afford to spend on that talent. So we gotta stop with the "he's too old, he plays 'this' position, he's too often injured etc etc". None of that actually fits Veach's pattern. Now, those things play a role in determining a player's value, but if the player is willing to play for Veach's assigned value and he's talented, then we have a match. THAT'S the pattern that's developed over the years. Not this, "He's too old, he's too slow, he plays this position therefore.." shit. That aint it. He ain't ruling dudes out because of age or 40 times etc. Can they play? And will they play for what we want to pay? Those are the questions you should be asking. |
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If you show out, you'll perform here. Those that don't, won't. And yes, rookies CAN be productive under Andy Reid and oftentimes have been. |
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And as I noted then, that's often the case for possession receivers. They don't need brilliant QB play to fight off someone for the ball. In fact, oftentimes the opposite is true and better QB play negatively impacts their numbers as they aren't having passes forced to them in traffic. I mean if you truly think that Hopkins will age like some of the all-time superstar receivers did, you should really have no problem taking on that $20 million figure this season, extending him AND giving up a 2nd for him. But I don't think you actually feel like that's the case. There's a disconnect between "I'd give a 3 and restructure his deal" and "He's going to age like Jerry Rice..." |
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Fair points. Take away Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and Calvin Johnson and tell me who had better career stats at the age of 30 though. I would bet a lot of money you'd have a hard time putting together a list of more than 3 or 4 receivers. Hopkins has spent the entirety of his career playing in dysfunctional organizations as well. He hasn't played with all time great quarterbacks and high flying offenses. |
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I'm not saying he CAN'T get himself into that group. I'm simply saying I wouldn't call it a given. There's a pretty long list of guys who perhaps weren't quite as good as Hopkins was early on and hit a wall at/near 30 years old. And a fair number who WERE as good as D-Hop. You have plenty of Calvin Johnson, AJ Green, Michael Thomas examples out there. But maybe Nuke is Andre Johnson? Maybe he plays like a superstar through 32 after appearing to plateau a bit at 30. I'm willing to take a reasonable gamble on that possibility - but I ain't betting the farm on it. |
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