Wozzy
Veteran Starter w/Big Long Term Deal
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I never mentioned Coates at all, are you sure you’re arguing with the right person?You keep saying that, knowing you're wrong. You're the one that listed Ben Coates. You're the one ignoring that Jerry Rice's official 40 time was 4.71. He's faster than Chrebet who certainly worked out all right. Wes Welker ran a 4.65 40. Steve Largen ran a 4.7 40. Those are facts, no rationalization is going to change them.
Jerry Rice ran a 4.5 forty at a rainy cold combine, the first one in history where everybody ran slower times. Listen to Mike Lombardi tell the story about him and Bill Walsh attending that first combine, the myth of a slow Jerry Rice is exactly that… a myth. He was about as fast as Nixon or Agholor… hell he ran a forty at the 2020 combine with Rich Eisen as a senior citizen and was clocked at 4.5. It’s a myth.
Lost in all this sentimentality regarding Meyers is his contract… that none of his defenders here want to even acknowledge.
He’s up for a contract, he has exceeded his salary and his production is comparable to another slot WR in Christian Kirk who got 4 years at 72 million. For that price they could probably extend both Nixon and Wilkerson who don’t have as big a body of work. Money matters, it’s a factor here… it the “pro” in professional football.
This isn’t simply a question of whether I “like” Jakobi… if I could sign both young WR’s for the price of one Meyers it’s not even a decision.