Terrible year for FA wideouts.... F'n Anderson only got 2-20. With the draft loaded, just bad timing. I don't know what happens with Watkins, but wouldn't they have released him by now? What sorat contract can Watkins get at this point if he were released? Who has cap for an expensive wideout? He might be better off just renegotiating with us. [Reply]
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
Seems like Robinson is betting on himself that with Watkins gone he can have a bigger year and get paid next year somewhere else.
He better learn to catch a pass first in the playoffs. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by candyman:
No. BPA isn't ALWAYS the strategy you should take. Generally, yes. Always, no. Like I said before, its not that cut and dry.
Clearly there's a bit of nuance to any draft strategy, no one is saying if an amazing punter is there in the first take him because he is the best punter ever.
To me, there are 3 elements to drafting:
Best player available
Positional value (a good pass rusher is more valuable to a team than a good running back, in my opinion)
Need
Need is by far the least important, to the point its rarely worth considering. [Reply]
D-Rob was good against the Pats and very decent against the Titans In Smith's last game here so any notion that he can't play in the playoffs is stupid imo. [Reply]
I think this is a solid signing. Consider there probably won't be any rookie camp and Watkins is probably going to be a cap cut casualty, the experience level he brings is well worth the $1M against the cap.
If we got both Sherman and DRob for a little over a million against the cap and Pennel didn't break the bank (I never did see any money numbers), does that make it a wash if we let Watkins go? [Reply]
