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Originally Posted by kccrow
It is hyperbole but Chark did do the bulk of that damage in 2 seasons (126 rec 1,714 yds 13 TDs). Injuries are the reason Chark hasn't become a star. MVS has never looked anywhere near as good as healthy Chark. And you're right though, Chark was like the 1st WR signed in FA. It still shows market value though and we both know Chark has been a lot better when healthy than MVS and it isn't very close. The problem to me is MVS got a contract nearly as high as Chark's in the 1st year. I am hoping he breaks out here, he'll never have a better opportunity.
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I'll quibble with you a bit here.
The problem with MVS, and the reason he got a nice deal, is that at times he HAS looked that good.
He's just such a high variance player. He can look like a potential superstar one game and a training camp cut the next. And ultimately I'm of the mind that this sort of thing stabilizes after about 50 NFL games so I think there's a pretty good chance that this is just who MVS is.
But you can actually see some real stud potential in there. There isn't a raw tool he doesn't have. Even the hands thing is overblown and based largely on one god-awful season when he clearly had a mental block (same thing Cooper went through like 4 years ago).
I think the deal is about 20% too high. And yeah, I'd have preferred Chark over MVS. But the MVS deal does have some potential upside baked into it that the Chark deal doesn't. He doesn't have to take much of a step forward to be worth next year's cap figure and hell, it's possible that year 3 figure is in play if he just finds some chemistry with Mahome.
Whereas if Chark plays well, he's going to FA. Or getting the tag.
I was hopeful the whole offseason that Veach would go out there and find young veteran players who are undervalued and sign them to 3-4 year deals with some escape hatches and MVS fits that profile perfectly. So does Reid. So does ****ing Kyzir White but we don't talk about Kyzir White.
There's a clear logic to taking MVS at 3 years over Chark at 1 and it's a logic I can get behind.