Bold Predictions:

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Will we use that roster spot for a guy who will only catch a pass or two here and there, and make no other contribution or use the spot for a more serviceable player? Patten was signed as a free agent, Jacobs a 2nd round DC, which player has the most up-side long term for the position and salry?

upside is probably patten (proven he can have 800 yards and he's relatively cheap, and willing to be a #4 without complaining, i'm sure he'd play ST if he had too). He's fast enough that he could play teams, but putting him there might be risking injury for no good reason. We have lots of good ST player though (shawn springs, sean taylor, etc etc) and our other depth (mccune, doughty, havner) will probably have more than enough guys that keeping 1 non-ST spot on the depth chart won't matter.