Pros: OBJs close friend and former LSU teammate. 400 catches in his first 4 years. Younger than Marshall our current #2.
Cons: A bit of a hothead, twitter guy. Has had his share of tantrums. Is likely to cost at least 10 million a year, maybe more. [although if you cut Marshall and his 5 million dollar salary that goes a long way in paying Landry.]
I have no idea of the dynamic of OBJ and Landry works. Does their close friendship allow them to take their games to the next level or does it turn into a rivalry over who's #1. Where does the risk/reward fall?
Put the money into the OL, the LBs, and the secondary instead.
Pay Beckham, not both.
I think it does raise an interesting question whether we need to spend big money on a # 2 receiver. Again, assuming Beckham is resigned and Marshal is released, you have Beckham, Engram, and Shephard as a receiving trio. Will there be enough touches for a new #2 to warrant such an outlay of cash?
I think its a fair question
Diggs plays this role now and he's only 6' tall.
Doesn't mean we couldn't use one - but it would be more imperative if we were going to be running an Air Coryell offense, which we won't be with Shurmur.
The key is that you want to keep Engram in as many TE matchups as you can because that's where he presents the biggest mis-match.
Sure, we'll line him up wide - they do this often with Kelce in KC - but you want to get him isolated on guys at the second level in the middle of the field where he's just too fast for those players to cover.
I prefer another WR with size that can also get deep .
Bring Marshal back with a back up plan in case he is toast
MacHandley's O was a train wreck he was terrible with player personal especially at the O-line and proclaiming
that Perkins was the anointed starter .
He does what Shepard does making him not worth what he will cost on the market (He'll probably make $10,000,000 more than Shepard will next year) and yes he is a better talent than Shepard but only by a small margin but his character makes that margin even smaller...
I like Landry he can make big plays in the slot, not much on the outside but he also brings value as a return man but that's a BIG PASS for me assuming he wants big time 10-15 MIL per year type money
Just doesn't make sense at all -- let alone the crazy factor
Shepard is better and much cheaper.
Shepard is better and much cheaper.
Better than Landry?
I don't know about that. Landry led the NFL in catches this year. Albeit, he's not a downfield/big play guy and his YPR numbers are paltry. He's still a good player, though - and I think he's a better slot WR than Shepard.
He did find the endzone more this year than he has in the past, which was a knock on his production before.
Landry is a more explosive Steve Smith (NYG), IMO
But 1:1, I'd prefer Landry if I had a choice.
Thing that amuses me is the "me centric" aspect of value in the NFL and contracts. They should start defining playoff appearances, wins, plays that result in points as measures in their compensation. Who knows, maybe the do, but doubt it. The rest of the world does not give shit away without substantial results, time to start doing it. Look at the Eli situation over time or the Peyton situation.
Draft Barkley
Draft/sign Defense and Oline with all extra resources left
LB
RB
and ROSEN
SAVE these posts for June 30
Let’s see who is right
While the tight ends are winners, the wide receivers further down the depth chart should be losers due to Shurmur's variety in personnel groupings. Under McAdoo, the Giants ran three-wide receiver sets almost exclusively (until the wide receiver corps was wiped out by injuries in Week 5).
Thielen played 92 percent of the offensive snaps this season and No. 2 receiver Stefon Diggs played 69 percent of the offensive snaps. Beckham and Sterling Shepard can loosely be slotted into those roles.
The drop-off came with the third receiver, as Laquon Treadwell played just 45 percent of the offensive snaps for the Vikings this season. Compare that to the 72 percent of the snaps Giants No. 3 wide receiver Victor Cruz played in 2016, and it's clear that the role of third receiver could be minimized in Shurmur's offense.”
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FA market from a Miami Perspective
Potential options include Vikings and former Dolphins impending free agent Joe Berger, who was Pro Football Focus’ 18th-best guard this season, Tennessee’s Josh Kline (23rd), San Francisco’s Brandon Fusco (21st), the Giants’ D.J. Fluker (58th) or — depending on their price — Green Bay’s Jahri Evans (30th), Kansas City’s Zach Fulton (15th), Dallas’ Jonathan Cooper (35th), the Giants’ Justin Pugh (tied for 53rd) Seattle’s Luke Joekel (tied for 53rd). Carolina’s Andrew Norwell (rated third by PFF) would be costly.”
â–ª Offensive tackle: The Dolphins very likely won’t pay Ja’Wuan James the $9.3 million he’s due.
If he doesn’t take a big cut — or if he’s not asked back at all — the Dolphins’ options are limited. They could select a right tackle in the first two days of the draft, with Texas’ Connor Williams an option at No. 11. They could move Davis there.
The least appealing option is signing another free agent, because the right tackle class is awful, with only one veteran starter Breno Giacomini (rated 85th among 86 tackles by PFF), several backups (LaAdrian Waddle, Michael Schofield, etc) and Bills and former Hurricanes player Seantrel Henderson, whose career has been marred by injuries and suspensions.”
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That means Carolina could see Norwell go – perhaps to the Giants, who need help up front and whose free agency decisions will be run by new general manager Dave Gettleman, the man who scooped up Norwell as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
Norwell has earned a big contract. As much as Carolina would like to keep him long-term, the Panthers may not be able to give him one.”
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WR, like CB, is always a need...but this team needs real guards and tackles more than it needs another diva WR
Every idea you have is worse than the one before it. Sammy Watkins? Good grief.
Hard pass on JMatt. We drop enough passes already.