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I’d also rather have Justin Jefferson but he wasn’t available. AP wanted to stay in Indy and on top of that got the bag to do so
Yes but the last two standing were the Commanders and the Patriots, the same two that were fighting over Doubs, funny how that works. The Colts got very lucky not to lose Pierce because he wanted to stay. Putting the transition tag on Jones was very risky and many thought the end result would be losing Pierce. They are fortunate that did not happen.
The man who let Meyers walk was shown the door shortly after, partly due to that very type of management.
True lol but also as I mentioned Diggs took a lot of the slot plays away from Pop. He still has a role in this offense IMO and the fact is Boutte may have played his way into being priced out of our budget due to his big play ability.
That’s if you’re assuming the Patriots are his done looking at WRs before the legit FA period even starts
Post a list and the answer is all due to the contract and term. Now this is Doubs at his current contract. Obviously he’s better than say Jennings but Jennings isn’t sniffing this contract or term. Does not fit what this team needs as presently constructed and is more of what they already have.
It's par for the course.
My post very clearly said Doubs had proven to be "that guy" in relation to being a #2 receiver.
The problem with saying that, Upstarter, is that Douglas falls over himself more often than not, after catching the ball. It's been one of the perplexing things about him. I've been a supporter of him since the Pats drafted him and I never saw it as part of his college game. I actually made a post about it that Douglas need to learn to run "in control".
Yeah I have the same sentiment. He could be a better blocker but he is good enough and he is better than Henry for sure. Goedert is the other one mentioned, who is an elite blocker, but getting old so I'm not sure if they want to go that route. Njoku may be the smarter play if they think they can improve his blocking a little bit.
He'll cost the most, but he's the best TE on the market.
No. You didn't. You said the Pats need a #1 but sorta need a #2. Then you said Doubs is that guy, not actually referring to WHICH since you'd said BOTH.
If that's true then the complaints about not signing Pierce should tamp down, because Pierce's 50% target rate compared to Boutte's 70% target rate is not offset by Pierce's 20 ypg versus Boutte's 17 ypg. We can say maybe Boutte is too injury prone comparatively, but on a game by game basis, he is as effective or makes the same kind of impact.
I think they’re done at the position unless they draft someone in the middle rounds or they sign someone for depth (which they already have an abundance of) but they aren’t signing anyone to a bigger contract than Doubs. If they do some how pull off a trade for a number 1 and send Boutte and picks out then that does change how I look at this somewhat even though I think he’s more of a 3 than a 2.
But they could not agree on a restructuring, so I do not consider him "available."
He took a step back this year no doubt about it. I think it was partly due to injury and partly due to the addition of Diggs.
I definitely get your point, but ultimately I think they need to improve at the Y most of all. I think the wisest option is simply to sign a new Y and put Henry at that "move TE"/TE2 spot, even if it's not a perfect fit for him, because ultimately it's probably only for a year anyway as his deal is about to expire. The alternative is signing a move TE instead like Okonkwo, but then leaving Henry in the Y, which is bad because he's a relatively bad blocker, and that's the biggest issue.
That wasn't a critique of Doubs. He's very Jakobi Meyers'ish. I'm just talking about that element of quickness that gives you more potential for YAC.
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