I think St Brown is a really good receiver. But if he is worth that much, I think Jefferson and Chase are probably looking at a floor of 35,000 a year and maybe even will hold out for more. This really resets the bar for WR salaries.

And unlike QB wherevthere are probably less than five in the top group (Mahomes, Allan, Burrows and let’s stretch it and put in Jackson and assume he is healthy and put in Rogers) there are so many Wars. Jefferson, Chase, Hill, diggs, and a list goes on. There were 23 of them with over 1000 yards. And I think the argument can be made that someone who makes 1000 yards one year can make 1500 yards another year.

So on a supply demand basis, it looks like wide receivers are getting closer to quarterback pay than should be justified.

Because of Mahomes, we only need good receivers, not elite ones. But we have to make sure we don’t pay our receivers elite money. Moving on from Hill looks more and more like a good decision. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that some poor decisions were made in trying to replace him (Moore and Toney.) although hopefully both of them will return to showing something like they did two years ago instead of being complete busts like they were last year.
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