You think he "will be less than Jeffrey?"
Alshon Jeffrey will be getting about 13-14m dollars a year no matter what, and there's a possibility that he could even top the pacts given to Thomas and Bryant at 5/70.
I don't think we could expect him to produce anything close to Pittsburgh or even Miami, since both Edelman and Gronk would be seeing targets first.
Your retort has some merit but consider this. Bridgewater threw an average of 26.2 passes per game for 201.9 yards per game. Why? Because AP had 327 carries or 29.7 runs per game. What would you do?
Brady on the other hand averaged 298.1 yards per game and 36.7 throws.
Wallace caught 54% of his passes (targets) thrown to him and many were flat misses by Bridgewater. In only 9 games Edelman had 88 targets and Wallace had 79 for all 16 games. That is less than 5 targets a game for Wallace.
To be fair, rookie Stefan Diggs came on and was more of a possession guy. Some thought he might be a Pats pick last year.
The Vikings can cut Mike Wallace after this season at no cost. Diggs is one tenth the $. With Bridgewater's arm you do not need a WR to "take the top off", i.e. bad fit for the Vikes.. I would venture to guess at 38 Brady still is the better deep passer.
I think Zimmer made it clear Wallace was a good soldier and liked his attitude.
I don't know where "bad hands" comes in. He still averages 60 catches a year. Plus he has been on two Teams for three years of his career with crappy QBs.
Fact is, this year WR Draft class is weak. This years FA group of WR is weak after Jeffrey. The Pats will have to trade or hope for a CAP cut to get a WR who can help. Some think that LaFell is a better choice? I beg to differ and he can't stay healthy anyway. Wallace has missed one game in 7 years and played through injuries.
I am not a Wallace fan, but if you look at it logically, if he would work on a realistic salary number to get back with a QB that will throw, it makes sense. The Ravens were very interested in him for Flacco last year and might take another run if Wallace gets cut.
From the Miami beat writer:
"BUT we all saw and were admired on how we thought #11's game had improved and his skill set had expanded early in the year. He was excelling in underneath passing lanes, his comeback routes were improving, and his hands (which were previously his biggest knock), well, they were pretty damn good!"
Comeback routes? Yep we had none of that in Denver to help TB.
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