With the Jones trade, rumors are rampant regarding cuts and trades to reduce teams salary caps, post June 1st. Sterling Shepard is listed as one of his potential cuts or trades.
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I'm not doomsday forecasting, nor am I pessimistic about our team. But cutting Shepard would be hella' optimistic about our personnel.
They also don't save all that much money if they cut him. And no one would trade for him.
I agree. This is nothing more than a shallow reaction to our off-season moves.
Amari Cooper is way more overrated (and overpaid). Landry too.
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But I doubt they cut him simply because the position is weak and there is no fat to trim so to speak.
Amari Cooper is way more overrated (and overpaid). Landry too.
I meant on the Giants, but I would also disagree with your examples as those two have actually had years of starter-level production.
End of the day he averages like 5 missed games per season and only 9 yards per catch and has never lead us to a record that even sniffed .500 but alrighty...
If someone offers a day 2 pick (maybe even day 3) and will pay the majority of his salary... he should be out the door in a hurry, just my opinion.
I want to see Ross and Toney with the ball in their hands before Shepard... they are way more dangerous...
Has Shepard ever made anyone miss after a catch? Ok I'm done...
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In comment 15281685 widmerseyebrow said:
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But I doubt they cut him simply because the position is weak and there is no fat to trim so to speak.
Amari Cooper is way more overrated (and overpaid). Landry too.
I meant on the Giants, but I would also disagree with your examples as those two have actually had years of starter-level production.
If you're restricting it to the Giants, that's fair. But SS was a solid #2 in 2018 (his last healthy season). Cooper's a better WR than SS, not he's not twice as good and certainly not worth $20M per (still the 4th highest paid WR).
Landry is maybe marginally better, he just gets more volume. Certainly not worth 50% more than SS though.
The question is what value would he have with his injury history but you never know. Some team who plans on competing loses a couple WR's maybe they pursue.
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Only point I'd quibble over, is that getting a WR that can give you 900 yds/year when healthy is worthy of the #40 slot. Even his 2nd contract was solid for that level of production. His problems are: 1) Michael Thomas went a few picks later and 2) he can't play 16 games.
I'd agree with that. There's no need for hyperbole to say he's extremely good or that he's overrated. I bet for his draft position, he's been an average player. He's a solid WR who is dependable when he plays. He's also been an injured player who probably should have not been resigned at the price.
Beyond that when you start adding things in like cap hits, dead money and his other intangibles (leadership, blocking) it tells us we're better off keeping him.
Next offseason, maybe, but he plays this year for us.
Exactly, they would take a huge cap hit. Next year I think he may be cut if they need money for other areas. Not this season. It would be flushing money down the toilet. Shepard is a solid player when healthy.
His second contract wasn't awful when announced but looking back now he likely didn't earn all of it. But always puts forth good effort when he plays, decent hands and hustling downfield blocker too.
Still has enough shake that he can get open from slot or multiple receiver formation. Just never has enough bake as too often slips and stumbles on his breaks/cuts moving upfield.
His second contract wasn't awful when announced but looking back now he likely didn't earn all of it. But always puts forth good effort when he plays, decent hands and hustling downfield blocker too.
Still has enough shake that he can get open from slot or multiple receiver formation. Just never has enough bake as too often slips and stumbles on his breaks/cuts moving upfield.
Good summary, totally agree.
I'm not doomsday forecasting, nor am I pessimistic about our team. But cutting Shepard would be hella' optimistic about our personnel.
The flip side to that argument is that Shepard might be the WR most likely to be that injury.
It's not like he's the epitome of reliable availability on the injury report.
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Has Shepard ever made anyone miss after a catch? Ok I'm done...
Yes. Yes he has. One example. - ( New Window )
Your example was from 2017... and he didn't exactly make a man miss... that was speed but ok.
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He is what he was expected to be coming out of Oklahoma. I think he was over-drafted at #40, considering his known limitations, and somewhat overpaid on his second contract. Overall, though, he’s a WYSIWYG player. His draft profile remains accurate five years later. It’s not his fault that the QB and the star receiver he was drafted to complement both went into freefall right around the time he arrived.
Only point I'd quibble over, is that getting a WR that can give you 900 yds/year when healthy is worthy of the #40 slot. Even his 2nd contract was solid for that level of production. His problems are: 1) Michael Thomas went a few picks later and 2) he can't play 16 games.
Except he's never given us 900 yards qx yet alone 900 yds/year... hes gained 800 rec yards 1x in 5 years... this guy was supposed to be the next great slot WR, next Wes Welker type but it hasn't been close to that IMO.
As others said, makes little sense this year.
As others said, makes little sense this year.
I don't know how you can call someone with Shepard's injury history "dependable."