Player Signing Romeo Doubs Signs

festy1986 said:

A number one at 17 mil a season?

Is the rest of the NFL stupid?

He can potentially be a number 2 behind AJ. Remains to be seen.

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Yes he said he could be a number1 with volume. He did not say he is a #1.
He said he has a good route tree and runs good route’s. He has huge hands and makes tough catches. He is a chain mover, he played within a system that did not highlight him similar to the Patriots, he says he has good but not great speed but on tape you say wow how did he separate like that etc. He said he has the talent to demand the ball with volume throws to him that could make hime a WR1.

What are your reasons he is not even a 2. You danced around my question

sb1 said:

The Pats offense had their problems in the red zone in 2025.

Now we have a RZ threat with Doubs. That should be an upgrade.

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The Pats had Red Zone threats in 2025. They didn't use them properly. With 3 guys over 6'4, this shouldn't have been an issue, but was.

PatsFan2 said:

Watch the Pats Experts say that's not an overpay because you know...

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Pretty much Everyone is getting overpaid. The cap is going up and will go up again, significantly, the next couple of years. The Everyone knows this so there will be money available in the future. This is no way hamstrings us in any way. We’ll see the contract but it’s not a big deal. Who will we be unable to pay moving forward?

DoubleDeluxe said:

How is it what we already have?
Who was the middle of the field medium depth guy?
I haven't seen Boutte be that guy.
KW will be used more downfield I'm sure.
Hollins can run middle routes, but not consistently.
I think Doubs fills a very necessary, needed spot.

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Douglas, Boutte and Hollins are basically the same. None are of Diggs caliber who command attention. DCs don't toss and turn at night worrying how they will stop Romeo Dobbs.

Dobbs is new and the best thing since slice bread on this board. I have heard and seen it all before. 6 TDs last season does not spell RZ threat to me, but uncorked another bottle of champagne in celebration on this chess move.

Triumph said:

Douglas, Boutte and Hollins are basically the same. None are of Diggs caliber who command attention. DCs don't toss and turn at night worrying how they will stop Romeo Dobbs.

Dobbs is new and the best thing since slice bread on this board. I have heard and seen it all before. 6 TDs last season does not spell RZ threat to me, but uncorked another bottle of champagne in celebration on this chess move.

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Diggs and hollins had better years here with Maye and mcd than they would’ve had almost anywhere else in 2025.

The patriots either really saw something in Doubs or got desperate to pay for a wr. Knowing vrabel’s approach to team building Id heavily lean towards the former which means you will probably see doubs have his best season yet.

VJCPatriot said:

That's pretty sad. But Green Bay's offense used to regularly have 1K+ plus WRs every year. Is their new OC that bad?

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One could say that having an offense that spreads that ball around and has 4-5 quality threats is more beneficial than 1 or 2 guys. I admit, I am one that says that

Triumph said:

Douglas, Boutte and Hollins are basically the same. None are of Diggs caliber who command attention. DCs don't toss and turn at night worrying how they will stop Romeo Dobbs.

Dobbs is new and the best thing since slice bread on this board. I have heard and seen it all before. 6 TDs last season does not spell RZ threat to me, but uncorked another bottle of champagne in celebration on this chess move.

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So u think defensive coordinators were tossing and turning over Diggs last year?
Hilarious.

DoubleDeluxe said:

It doesn't remain to be seen.
He can be and is a number 2, put up #2 numbers last year.
He was GBs leading receiver without a legit #1, so how is he not a number 2 here?

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Numbers are comparable to boutte At four times the cost. It's not really a debate those are just facts. If you think 20 more catches is worth four times the contract then I don't know what to tell you.

BUSTAMOVE said:

Yes he said he could be a number1 with volume. He did not say he is a #1.
He said he has a good route tree and runs good route’s. He has huge hands and makes tough catches. He is a chain mover, he played within a system that did not highlight him similar to the Patriots, he says he has good but not great speed but on tape you say wow how did he separate like that etc. He said he has the talent to demand the ball with volume throws to him that could make hime a WR1.

What are your reasons he is not even a 2. You danced around my question

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There's no answer that's going to satisfy you people it's not worth debating. Boutte matches up to his numbers quite well in basically every category.

Do you think he's a number two?

festy1986 said:

There's no answer that's going to satisfy you people it's not worth debating. Boutte matches up to his numbers quite well in basically every category.

Do you think he's a number two?

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You didn’t answer my question so I’ll do the same

"And in breaking news, the Patriots are reportedly trading a 2nd round pick to Miami, for WR Wes Welker. Welker, a former UDFA with 4.65 speed, had a career high 670 yards receiving last year.

Dolphins fans are celebrating having fleeced the Patriots."

@Triumph - only in your fantasy land is a 6'4 receiver in Hollins the same as a 5'8 receiver in Douglas.. SMH.

Is 78 catches for 1003 yds and 7 TDs. Is that a #1 WR numbers? I ask because those were Browns stats in 2025
Diggs had better numbers minus 3 TDs, he also had 3 more 20+ yd receiving plays. So everyone that wanted to cut Diggs and trade for Brown were basically saying they wanted to downgrade at WR. I am appalled at you. lmao

festy1986 said:

Numbers are comparable to boutte At four times the cost. It's not really a debate those are just facts. If you think 20 more catches is worth four times the contract then I don't know what to tell you.

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If you don't understand that Boutte is on a rookie 6th rd contract then I don't know what to tell you.

mayoclinic said:

"And in breaking news, the Patriots are reportedly trading a 2nd round pick to Miami, for WR Wes Welker. Welker, a former UDFA with 4.65 speed, had a career high 670 yards receiving last year.

Dolphins fans are celebrating having fleeced the Patriots."

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I loved the trade because I saw what Welker did to the Pats defenses. They had no answer.

Doubs is not Welker. Jordan Love is not a washed up Joey Harrington or washed up Daunte Culpepper. Yes, Maye is better than Love, but its not the light year's difference between Brady and Harrington/Culpepper if 2006.

festy1986 said:

Numbers are comparable to boutte At four times the cost. It's not really a debate those are just facts. If you think 20 more catches is worth four times the contract then I don't know what to tell you.

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You have to understand that we needed someone who can be there for next couple of years. If we lose Boutte next year , doubs can be the Boutte insurance for 2027 and be wr2. We might have two wr 2 this year and potentially a good one in Williams as wr 2 or wr3. No team can defend 3 wr2.

Now hypothetically if you did not sign doubs what is your negotiating power with say eagles or saints. Won't we be forced into drafting for need on top 3 rounds as opposed to drafting BPA now.

Ok let's come to the argument we should have kept diggs. At what cost - 20 million ? Is he worth that at age 33 ? I really doubt that . Why is diggs still unsigned ?

Tbh , this was the only possible option for us to be able to deal our cards properly against eagles and saints in case of a trade and also not force fit any draft pick .

There are no wide receivers who are getting paid 10-12 million who have over 500 yards . That's the going rate .

Either you have a wr 1 and have 4 rookies or receives on vet minimum contracts or you have multiple wr 2 . We opted for the latter and that's enough. Josh operates on wr by committee mode and doubs fits the bill . It's not a agholor kinda signing . It's a safe and above average signing. We might have overpaid by 3-4 million a year but the flexibility it affords is insane.

So please rationalize before spewing venom on this . If you are against it, please tell us what trade was available to us that we did not take. Pittman wouldn't have been traded by colts to us after what Josh did to them and the traditional rivalry between colts and pats.

Triumph said:

It is.

It's the same every off season. If Romeo wS all that GB wouldn't allow him to leave. He doesn't move the needle in fact NE is weaker at WR since Diggs is gone.

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No one on the current roster has the same experience or production as Doubs.

Triumph said:

Douglas, Boutte and Hollins are basically the same. None are of Diggs caliber who command attention. DCs don't toss and turn at night worrying how they will stop Romeo Dobbs.

Dobbs is new and the best thing since slice bread on this board. I have heard and seen it all before. 6 TDs last season does not spell RZ threat to me, but uncorked another bottle of champagne in celebration on this chess move.

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Do be honest, I do not want the DC staying up trying to figure out how to stop 1 guy. I would rather they stay up trying to figure out how to slow down an offense with 4 quality and equally dangerous targets. The latter sounds tougher to me

upstater1 said:

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.

Pierce had some great games last year. He also disappeared in 5 of their games.

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Don’t get me wrong. I like Boutte. But I don’t think he is untouchable. He makes some spectacular plays. But he is also inconsistent. If trading Boutte got the Pats AJ Brown, I would trade him. I am not advocating to just move on from him though. I just think he is expendable for the right deal.

And I always believed if the Pats signed Pierce, they would still try to trade for Brown. Just like I think they will with Doubs. I didn’t think Pierce was a sure fire #1 WR. He is just an incredible deep threat.