Player Signing Romeo Doubs Signs

Edelmania · Mar 10, 2026

Romeo Doubs last 3 playoff games (2025 Wild Card, 2024 Divisional, 2024 Wild Card)

8 Rec 124 Yards 1 TD
4 Rec 83 Yards
6 Rec 151 Yards 1 TD

Led packers in receiving in all 3 playoff games

festy1986 · Mar 10, 2026

Crazy Patriot Guy said:
So obviously cutting Diggs was the correct move, right? He failed to reach 50 yards 14 times in 21 games.

Was it not?

BUSTAMOVE said:
He is not the same type of player as Boutte. Boutte is more of a big play threat. Doubs is more well rounded.
I do like Boutte. Doubs is more in the Digg’s role.
Using stats from players on different teams is confusing. I meant what about his game is alarming as far as physical skills that won’t gel in the Patriots system
And yes I do think he is a 2. Plays well in clutch games also. But he is not a 1 as Smith says. But he is being payed as a 2

The problem isn't the player. It was the contract. The contract changed from its first reporting. I'm fine with 17 mil a year.

DoubleDeluxe said:
If Boutte has a productive season he will be in the same ballpark.
$17M for a WR is average money.
Doubs contract is about right for what he is.

He probably will get the same contract. It just won't be here.

Hugepatsfan · Mar 10, 2026

No one has reported the guaranteed amount of Doubs’ deal as far as I can find. Makes me think it’s team friendly structure because if it was player friendly the agent would make sure that was in all the tweets.

Let’s wait until those details come out before we make definitive calls about what this means for the long term outlook at the position.

rads2005 · Mar 10, 2026

dliverey44 said:
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

But AJ Brown has had 88 catches and 106 catches with 1400+ yards, and is 28 years old. The entire Eagles offense was down last year.

When has Doubs ever done anything even close to a WR#1? He's had 4 years to prove himself. That's why I'm also extremely skeptical of Alec Pierce.

Well, I guess we'll see. I'm skeptical of paying Romeo Doubs $17.5 million when you only saved $16.8 million cutting Diggs. Diggs is still a high level receiver, and was coming off of an ACL last year.

upstater1 · Mar 10, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
I don't know but assume Doubs is a better WR than Boutte. He is 3" taller with larger hands, runs great routes, and had a great college career. Maye throwing to Doubs should elevate Doubs. Both are intermediate route runners, so I can not imagine the Pats would sign both at $15M+. Add a #1 X in the draft, Williams on deep balls too, Doubs intermediate with Hollins, and a Slot for the short routes with Henderson/Larison out of the backfield. Maybe a R1/R2 WR as a #1 this year (maybe Bell falls?), and a Slot guy on Day 3?

Having said that, the Pats tried to replace Myers with Smith-Schuster. That was a disaster. Let's hope Doubs replacing Boutte long term is a better plan (if that is the Pats plan).

Are you thinking of the right guy?

Doubs played for Nevada in a pretty small league with little in the way of competition.

Boutte is the one who had a stellar college career in the SEC.

palialka · Mar 10, 2026

slash83 said:
Anyone thinking this guy is a #1 WR is a fool, solid 2, prob not even an upgrade over Diggs. Especially Diggs prob being even healthier this upcoming season.

I don’t believe anyone here thinks Doubs is a WR1.

I think the majority of us feel he’s a legit WR2 who’s coming into his prime with size and good (not great) speed and who can run all the routes.

Will he be better than Diggs? Well the jury is still out on that. We really won’t know until he has a few games under his belt in the McDaniels system. I feel there’s definitely room for him to grow in NE.

One-If-By-Sea · Mar 10, 2026

upstater1 said:
Are you thinking of the right guy?

Doubs played for Nevada in a pretty small league with little in the way of competition.

Boutte is the one who had a stellar college career in the SEC.

Thanks for a balanced response.

Yes, Doubs was at Nevada and Boutte was at LSU, so Boutte was in a harder conference. Doubs had 1000+ yards in 2020, Boutte had about 700 yards. In 2021, Doubs had 1100+ yards, Boutte had about 500 yards. Doubs had an injury and could not test before the draft so he fell to R4, Boutte was a R6 draft pick.

I am not sure Boutte had a stellar college career with 700, 500, 525 yards his last three years at LSU.

hornetfb85 · Mar 10, 2026

manxman2601 said:
True. The box score scouters know best.

In fact, I'm genuinely interested. Can those who don't like this signing tell me what they don't like in a reasoned way beyond box score scouting.

His name is not AJ Brown or Alec Pierce. Thats the main reason for the *****ing

palialka · Mar 10, 2026

Sect140 said:
Everyone that is so upset that we haven’t signed a #1 receiver the last two days, last week I looked at the list of free agent receivers and I’m not sure there were any, Pickens is probably the best receiver on the list and the Cowboys franchised him. So who were they supposed to sign to be the #1 receiver.

Some posters here would be pissed if a prime Jerry Rice walked through the door as our new free agent WR…

Hugepatsfan · Mar 10, 2026

palialka said:
Some posters here would be pissed if a prime Jerry Rice walked through the door as our new free agent WR…

Probably 95% of the posters would be. Half of that would be people mad because he wasn’t a true #1 because he’s slow. The other half would be mad because spending on a WR like Rice is Cult of Verticality Nonsense in their mind

Crazy Patriot Guy · Mar 10, 2026

palialka said:
Some posters here would be pissed if a prime Jerry Rice walked through the door as our new free agent WR…

Well, have you not seen his 40 time?

hornetfb85 · Mar 10, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
You might be right about Douglas on a smaller contract. I do not think he will have much of a FA market.

Don't trade a 2027 draft pick. Those are like golden tickets.

Heck no, we should be trading our excess picks for 2027 pick. Turn one of our 4ths into a 2027 3rd. And try getting a couple 5ths out of our 6ths.

Dexter · Mar 10, 2026

As WR2, this is a very good signing. I'm pretty sure there'll be another move, probably a trade. It might not be for Brown, because of the asking price, maybe someone we are less thinking about

gobesmug · Mar 10, 2026

Why are people acting like we just traded a 2nd rd pick for Sanu all over again?

upstater1 · Mar 10, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
Thanks for a balanced response.

Yes, Doubs was at Nevada and Boutte was at LSU, so Boutte was in a harder conference. Doubs had 1000+ yards in 2020, Boutte had about 700 yards. In 2021, Doubs had 1100+ yards, Boutte had about 500 yards. Doubs had an injury and could not test before the draft so he fell to R4, Boutte was a R6 draft pick.

I am not sure Boutte had a stellar college career with 700, 500, 525 yards his last three years at LSU.

I would say that's a stellar career.

AND he did the last 2 coming off a broken ankle.

Those numbers qualify him as one of the best 15 receivers in the history of one of the most iconic WR factories in the USA.

imahobgoblin · Mar 11, 2026

patfanken · Mar 11, 2026

The more I'm reading and finding out about Doubs the more I'm liking this signing DESPITE what the naysayers are trying to focus on.

In 2025 Doubs had 57 catches on 82 targets and played in all 17 games. That an average of about 5 targets a game. Usually, true #1's average 10-12 targets a game or double what Doubs was seeing. If while with Maye he increases that target rate to just 8/game and he continues to average about a 70% catch rate and 13ypc, we'd have an 1100 yd receiver. Like Smith said he needs to be in a system that gets him more targets. The question remains can he earn that increase in targets.

Well, the fact that in a previous post it was pointed out that Doubs was in the top 5 in the league the last TWO years in "separation win rate" so he IS getting open at a high rate already. So assuming he can fully adapt to Josh's offense and find a connection with Drake, there is no reason to think that he can't increase his targets and reach that 1000 yd landmark. BTW- Doubs had just 3 drops in those 17 games.

DaBruinz · Mar 11, 2026

Edelmania said:
Romeo Doubs last 3 playoff games (2025 Wild Card, 2024 Divisional, 2024 Wild Card)

8 Rec 124 Yards 1 TD
4 Rec 83 Yards
6 Rec 151 Yards 1 TD

Led packers in receiving in all 3 playoff games

Except that is not Doubs last 3 Play-off games.

1) The Packers playing Chicago was part of the 2025/2026 season play-offs. The game was played on 1/10/2026. That's the game he had 8 receptions for 124 yards and 1 TD. Against the 23rd ranked defense and the 22nd ranked pass defense,

2) The Packers played the Eagles as part of the 2024/2025 season. Doubs was held to 2 receptions for 13 yards. The game was played on 1/12/2025. Doubs had the 2nd fewest yards receiving of any Packer with a reception.

3) The game that Doubs had 4 receptions for 83 yards was against the 49ers. It was part of the 2023/2024 season and played on 1/20/2024.

4) The game that Doubs had 6 receptions for 151 yards was against the Cowboys in the WC game as part of the 2023/2024 season. That game was played on 1/14/2024.

Lagaffe_07 · Mar 11, 2026

DoubleDeluxe said:
Probably the same folks who were pining to pay Higgins last year.
He got $28.75M for 59 catches, 846 yards.
And somehow $17 is a bad contract for a 55 reception 700-800 yard guy who will put up more here assuming health.

That’s so disingenuous.

Sure last year was his worst year.

But Higgins already had multiple 1000 yds season

2020: 67 - 908 yds as a rookie
2021: 74 - 1091 yds
2022: 74 - 1029 yds
2023: 42 - 656 yds in 12 games. Pace for 59 - 929 yds.
2024: 73 - 911 yds in 12 games. Pace for 103 - 1290 yds
2025: 59 - 846 yds missing two games.

Doubs and Higgins aren’t remotely the same players.

Ollie · Mar 11, 2026

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.

You are comparing a rookie contract to a FA contract?

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