So you're telling me Bill decided to draft a player in the first round knowing that he wouldn't be worth the money to keep in year 5? If he turned out to be Christian McCaffery or Alvin Kamara do you really think Bill would not pick up the option?
No, I'm not telling you that at all. I'm telling you that BB decided to draft Michel, drafted Michel, and got what he paid for. Michel hasn't "sucked" at all. You'll note that those 5th year options tend to flatten and fall out as you go deeper into the round. And BB doesn't like paying them, typically (see Cooks, Brandon).
How could Michel become one of those guys when they run RBBC and Josh McD only called throws to White, who was already there and had Brady's full trust? Would Kamara on the Pats be the same guy he was on Peyton-Brees's game planning and style?
I see this simple truth missed all the time here: a guy can't do more than he's given the opportunity to do. If you're not going to throw the ball to a WR (or an RB), he's not going to get otherworldly numbers - that's true of anyone. So when people compare someone who comes here to someone who goes elsewhere (particularly the "skill" positions), are they looking at all the variables? Metcalf catches a ton of contested balls as Wilson launches those ICBM-style bombs - do the Pats even throw those?
Meyers was a nothingburger, until he wasn't - and he wasn't because Newton began throwing the damned ball to him when everyone else was down and out. Now every WR thread talks about him as if he's a 100-yard receiver, which he might well be.
Everyone here LOVES Damien Harris. He's going into his 3rd year. Has 5 catches for 52 yards and 703 rushing yards, total. Now I'm sure you can find some stat here or there to convince you that he's really Derek Henry, if you love him, or that he's some chump if you hate him, because that's how these ridiculous "experts" make their clicks (like, hey, let's do the old 40-yard dash average for 5 positions and pretend it means something!)
Players do their job, and their job is to do what they're asked to do. Teams run systems; coaches ask different things of players. If a WR misses a block on the Pats, that's a big deal to BB, I'm sure. If an RB doesn't pick up the right blitzer, or doesn't get out in the flat on time for a check-down, that's a big deal to BB, I'm sure.
Chandler Jones in New England wasn't Chandler Jones on the Cards...for a reason beyond how well Chandler Jones played.