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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Admittedly, this played heavily into this idea.The guy is a beast and some other team should consider it. If we didn't have Jamie + Donta I'd consider doing this to piss off Elway.
Hey just throwing it out there
Let's not go overboard.The guy is a beast and some other team should consider it. If we didn't have Jamie + Donta I'd consider doing this to piss off Elway.
It seems a lot of Broncos players are suddenly all-world much like the Seahwaks supposedly had eleven all-world players a few years ago...that led to overvaluing players and expecting guys like Thurmond, Maxwell, and Browner. The Broncos certainly have a lot of excellent players on that defense, but I think their value is overinflated right now due to playing in that unit.
Browner was a beast at one thing, jamming the **** out of bigger, not as quick, wrs/TEs and manning up down the field with help over the top. He required an elite man cover corner opposite him, allowing the safety ro be rolled his way. BB knew this. BB used him to his strengths. The NO front office was still hammered from Mardi Gras festivities and decided he's a number 1 corner...and...well yeah.
Edit: Not arguing your point, just not sure Browner was the best example is all.
Not a bad idea. The problem is the #2 pick. He had 102 tackles and 4 PBU. The problem with me is he was a 5th rounder by the Jaguars and did not work there. 2nd is steep. But then again we get Shea McClellan who was from that same Draft class and the Pats see his value. You don't give three years to a player coming in on a "look see".Hey just throwing it out there
Not a bad idea. The problem is the #2 pick. He had 102 tackles and 4 PBU. The problem with me is he was a 5th rounder by the Jaguars and did not work there. 2nd is steep. But then again we get Shea McClellan who was from that same Draft class and the Pats see his value. You don't give three years to a player coming in on a "look see".
Jones was in that 2012 class and yet the Cardinals traded for him at a great financial cost because the potential of even a first round Draft pick, might not outweigh the Chandler Jones "proof of concept" , that he had developed into a star and "the bugs have been worked out".
Same can be said about Marshall, "the bugs have been worked out".
Here is the formula. He is only 26 so age works, Production obviously, If you are Nick and BB, does his value today and potential tomorrow exceed that of a second round pick? With Marshall you have a known factor right now, not to develop when and how fast does it happen.
A Draft pick has only a 17% chance per total league average for a Draft class from rounds 1-7, to be a Starter or Pro Bowl type player using three years as the determining factor. Marshall is definitely with in that 17% success as is Jones but not McClellan. He is not quite yet although he has started some .
Picks one, two and there have more success to beat that 17% number, and round two will definitely be a cheaper venue for the Team for now. You have to weigh cost and potential that might not show immediately (see McClellan), versus proven success and immediate return or R.O.I..
So hear is the riddle, are Marshall and Cooper worth Chandler Jones in production and potential and perhaps Team cost if Jones commands $17mm on the open market? Although not a sack master, Marshall should fair very well with High and Collins. His production (at his position) should mirror Jones pending injury. Marshall is proved to be more durable (one game in two years). His "light" came on when he reached the Broncos. Cooper is more of the unknown. You might own the pair for $10mm with restructures etc.
The second rounder is still an "easy to frown at" sticking point. If we are in the need for an OLB in the Draft, isn't Marshall a safer route? Only BB can say.
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