JoeSixPat
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Given Stallworth's contract alone he would have had to prove himself absolutely indispensable to justify that salary - and given the fact that the Browns were willing to pay him what they did, there was no chance of renegotiating with him
That being said, Stallworth was not used as a deep threat WR last year - that job fell to Moss and only Moss - and there were consequences to that both in terms of the coverage Moss drew and his fatigue factor.
But in the worst case scenario, if we go into this season without a credible deep threat WR (i.e. if Jackson can't step up) we're no worse off this year than last assuming Moss remains healthy.
We will have to deal with the same consequences of his over utilization in general and a deep WR unfortunately - and should he tweak a hamstring or worse, we're currently without a credible deep threat backup.
So that potentially would constrain our game - but here again, we dealt with that in 2006, and we're far better off now with Welker as a short range WR than we ever were with Caldwell.
No doubt, without Moss drawing coverage, Welker would have a tough time putting up similar numbers (he could do it, a la Troy Brown in 2001 - but he'd be taking a lot more lumps and wouldn't have as good YAC numbers either) but for me, the issue here is one of depth, and a concern of overworking Moss.
That being said, Stallworth was not used as a deep threat WR last year - that job fell to Moss and only Moss - and there were consequences to that both in terms of the coverage Moss drew and his fatigue factor.
But in the worst case scenario, if we go into this season without a credible deep threat WR (i.e. if Jackson can't step up) we're no worse off this year than last assuming Moss remains healthy.
We will have to deal with the same consequences of his over utilization in general and a deep WR unfortunately - and should he tweak a hamstring or worse, we're currently without a credible deep threat backup.
So that potentially would constrain our game - but here again, we dealt with that in 2006, and we're far better off now with Welker as a short range WR than we ever were with Caldwell.
No doubt, without Moss drawing coverage, Welker would have a tough time putting up similar numbers (he could do it, a la Troy Brown in 2001 - but he'd be taking a lot more lumps and wouldn't have as good YAC numbers either) but for me, the issue here is one of depth, and a concern of overworking Moss.