Brady6
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I don't consider Brown a slot WR he is a Y-WR.Love Edelman. Best Slot WR is Antonio Brown and that is no knock on Edelman.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I don't consider Brown a slot WR he is a Y-WR.Love Edelman. Best Slot WR is Antonio Brown and that is no knock on Edelman.
I think people take the 100 catch achievement for granted on this board because we've been fortunate enough to have Welker and now Edelman. Having a 100 catches is a huge accomplishment for a WR that only 4-5 WRs achieve on a given season. When a player does it in back to back years when those years also happen to be his first 2 years seeing more than 25% or the offensive snaps it speaks volumes to how good the player is.A lot of it is /when/ the production is made. A 40 yard TD when you're losing 31-6 and you're 3 games under .500 is worth a LOT less than an 8 yard catch when it's 3 and 7 and you're fighting for the number one seed. And last I checked, JE was on pace for his second straight 100 catch, 1000 yard season.
I don't consider Brown a slot WR he is a Y-WR.
A lot of it is /when/ the production is made. A 40 yard TD when you're losing 31-6 and you're 3 games under .500 is worth a LOT less than an 8 yard catch when it's 3 and 7 and you're fighting for the number one seed. And last I checked, JE was on pace for his second straight 100 catch, 1000 yard season.
Not exactly. I'm saying that JE is more valuable to a team than the typical diva WR.And most of these teams are losing 31-6 and 3 games under .500 because they're the kind of teams that pay market value for elite WRs. WR talent doesnt' correlate very strongly with wins. That's why smart teams like the Pats don't pay a lot of money for them, and also why it makes very, very little sense to credit the WR for the fact that his team is good (which is what you're doing here for Edelman).
Not exactly. I'm saying that JE is more valuable to a team than the typical diva WR.
That makes sense, very good analysis, I certainly cannot disagree with it after giving it some thought.Edelman isn't really a slot receiver either, by the same reasoning. They both take a lot of snaps out of the slot, but not a majority of them. I've long believed that Edelman's best comparable is 'a poor man's Antonio Brown'. Edelman has a lot more in common with Brown than he does with Welker, but the Welker comparison holds up because they're both white and both play/played for the Pats.
Decker is the polar opposite of JE in most ways.I think people overrate Edelman. Look at a guy like Eric Decker and how incredible he looked with Manning. Put him on a bad offense and he's completely irrelevant. If you put Edelman on Jacksonville or the Jets he'd be nothing. He's simply great in his role in New England.
Decker is the polar opposite of JE in most ways.
I understand your position. I'm, in part, arguing that the conventional wisdom is wrong.Gronk: People said the same things about Wes. The league decided he was worth about 2 mil per year. Theres a reason outside guys get paid more. The skill set is rarer and the potential for big plays is greater. No knock on jules, hes one of the best slot receivers in the game.