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Originally Posted by That Guy
he's not replacing moss. he's replacing el... or he's displacing moss who's displacing el, who's displacing caldwell. I agree the money won't be great, but he'll make life easier on the entire offense, not just his spot.
and while welker helped the patriots quite a bit, it was a lot easier for him to do so with brady, moss, watson, faulk, stallworth, etc out there leaving him with less attention.
and its impossible to judge a draft pick vs a proven commidity, but i have noticed everyone seems to vastly overvalue the potential of draft picks versus the reality of draft results. I do agree our OL is very near the end of its useful life as is, and that something needs to be done about it.
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Well, we just extended Randle El, so I don't think he's on the ropes or anything. Based on last year's production, Randle El is the better of the two, by a lot, so my point only gets stronger if that's the case.
Welker also had a ridiculous 77% catch rate, and that can't be attributed to anyone besides him and his QB. Welker and Moss made each other's jobs easier as is the case on most NFL teams with receiving cores. That's generally why I like to grade out the receivers as a group as opposed to individual.
The idea, of course, would be to hit on the draft pick, or to spend it at a different position. If we spend it on either line, or at the CB position, it's hard for me to see a situation that wouldn't help our team more than CJ in the long run. You always have the total bust factor, but huge busts can generally be identified. You have the Gallery-type slip through the cracks every few years, but when a team makes a bad pick--usually everyone scratches their head right off the bat.