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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Eh - $10 million for a guy who's been hurt and/or ineffective the last 2 seasons (as he's entered his 30s) doesn't qualify as a 'cheap bandaid', IMO.
That's a desperation play. And with very little upside because you're not going to write that guy's $5 million roster bonus check next season so he's really just a 1 year deal at $10 million.
And he looked DONE last season after somehow looking as bad/worse the season before.
Nah - that's gonna need to be a deal where they bonus out that base salary over the remaining 4 years (2 void) on his deal to get that salary down near $5 million this season at worst. And is $5 million in cap savings worth a 6th round pick for the Rams? Probably not - ol' Les and his '**** dem picks' approach wouldn't seem to care that much about a 3rd day pick.
There have been a slew of better gambles to make in FA at lower costs and we haven't made them. This one seems very unlikely absent some additional maneuvering by the Rams.
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Yeah it would depend on if he’s cooked. I didn’t see enough of him to know. I thought from the little I saw he’s got a little left but was used poorly. I am just saying if you think a guy like this has any gas left in the tank this kind of contract isn’t a bad one. If the goal is to aggresssively develop a WR1 or maybe hold out into true WR1s like aiyuk become available either way it seems like our best immediate solution is a bandaid.
And a 2-year deal worth $10m with a conditional second year ain’t too shabby. I thought the juju deal last year was a good one too. Where we tripped up (and I’m hoping I’m wrong) was not aggressively drafting a WR1. I just don’t think skyy has that ceiling. As long as the goal is to get rid of these bandaids sooner vs later, it’s not a bad strategy to overpay a little. Of course that completely depends on if the guy is too cooked to contribute anymore.