Sanders is way different from Amendola and Edelman. He is 5'11 but he can play tall like Marvin Harrison, Holt,Marquise Lee, Antonio brown and chad and Brandon Lloyd in their prime and is way more of an outside WR. He has blazing speed and can separate intermediate and long plays. And like the WRs mentioned can jump and make acrobatic plays on the ball intermediate and long catches. Every commentator in the NFL pointed out Emmanuel Sanders top flight speed,athleticism and talent and always said he needs to just put it together and be consistent. His speed talent,athleticism and upside has always been leaps and bounds better than Amendola and Lafell. That's why the patriots wanted him but couldn't sign him because he got to expensive due to his upside and they settled on the cheaper WR Lafell, and he was cheaper due to that no other team wanted him. Emmanuel Sanders even took slightly less $$ to sign with the broncos. There's a reason so many teams were interested in him and nobody wanted Lafell. Emmanuel Sanders had more offers for more $$ than Edelman had after his 105 catches. It is because teams know he has the speed athleticism and upside to perform like a top flight #one WR that makes double what Sanders costs and actually be a bargain at what he was signed for. The broncos chose him over Decker because that blazing speed dimension he gave them that teams fear and would actually make the offense better. As good as they were they didn't have anybody that defenses worried about getting away from them in a blink. Emmanuel Sanders gave them that added dimension
If you are going to disagree with other people, the least you could do is have your facts correct.
First off, Marvin Harrison was about 1 inch taller than Sanders. Torry Holt? The same 1 in. Antonio Brown? 5'10. Brandon Lloyd? a bit over 1 in taller. Those receivers are considered average height. Not tall by any stretch of the imagination. Oh. And Marqise Lee is a rookie this year. You mentioning him with those others when he's accomplished nothing in the league takes away from your credibility.
The Patriots had already signed Amendola the year before to a similar contract that Sanders got. This idea that they were somehow outbid on Sanders this year is just not true as the Pats had the money to sign Sanders if they had wanted. You act like Sanders was the first free agent WR signed this off-season. He wasn't. He wasn't even the most expensive WR signed this off-season.
Denver didn't choose Sanders over Decker. They chose Demarcus Ware and Aqib Talib over Decker. Because those are the players they went out and signed immediately. Sanders fell into their laps after he backed out of his verbal deal with the Chiefs..
Your claim that nobody wanted Lafell is total BS. Otherwise, Lafell wouldn't have been signed so early in free agency and certainly not to a 3yr/$9M contract. It it had been April, I might agree with you, but it was the 1st week of Free Agency.
Lafell was signed because he's a complementary receiver who is TALL, isn't afraid to go over the middle, and can be a Red Zone presence. He was also signed because Gronk was coming back from a major injury, Dobson was coming back from injury, and to push Dobson, Boyce, and Thompkins.
