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Originally Posted by RealSNR
We were saying this same shit around this time last year, then Sammy had some pretty big moments in the playoffs during our SB run. That's when he became Mr. Clutch and Veach did the unexpected and got him back at a pretty decent discount.
While I was deeply grateful for his contributions to the cause, I pushed back against this narrative that one year of the playoffs where he got hot makes him somebody who consistently turns it on when the game counts. I can't name a single elite WR who was known for being great because he only showed up big in the playoffs. There are guys like that, sure, but elite ones? Unless you think Deion Branch, Ricky Proehl, and Joe Jurevicious were even top 20 WRs at the time of when they played, then it doesn't make sense for us to do this song and dance every year where we try to keep Watkins but not pay him.
But I get it. The other players love him. So do the fans during the offseason when they think about the last football they watched was the Chiefs hoisting a Lombardi.
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Uh, Sammy is waaay better than all of those guys. just saying.