and believe me i LOVE cooper...but im just being realistic... with decker, harvin and now kerly signed long term.. another high priced FA/ or high draft pick is not happening
Roberts runs a 4.4, Kerley runs a 4.6 that's a big difference in speed. saying he's much better wideout maybe is exaggeration but he's a better weapon
Kerley would be #4. He does not play outside. Harvin would be best in the slot and Kerley would be the first sub in. Gives great depth at a position we've never been good at.
read what i wrote..i stated kerly plays the slot..and again...4 million for a #4 reserve player is absurd in that situation...a late round pick under a million in space can fill that
I say its a good use of resources. Kerely is that guy that you miss dearly when he's gone, his reliable brand of play is not as easily replaced as one would think. Lets say Geno doesn't work out, do we really just want to hand a rookie QB an unproven commodity at WR to work with rather than an all around good professional like JK? Hell, lets say Geno DOES work out, do we really want to leave him without one more familiar target? Why are we depriving ourselves of one of the better developed additions to our offense and starting over? do we really think that this is a good idea, when our Offense has struggled the way it has? letting him walk would be gambling the WR position away. the money owed makes itself up because of the fact that he's a proven commodity. Geno or no we are at a very important point next year for the development of the passing game,we shouldn't squander it by letting go of one more reliable talent. thats a small move that'll screw us more than we'd like it to and more than we'd have to let it. this was the move you make when your passing game is in flux. the value method you're thinking of might make more sense if that low cost rookie was already here or the QB position was long set in stone.
the 2013 broncos...one of the best offenses in the history... the # 4 WR andre caldwell caught 16 balls for 200 yards... thats with peyton manning in the best offense...paying 4 million or high money for a # 4 wr to have that type of production is just insane
They also have one of the best tight ends in the game and they still replaced Decker with Sanders and drafted a guy in the 2nd round.
a. sanders replaced decker because they have welker coming off the books after this year and i will guarentee they do not re sign him b. 1. using a 2nd round pick and a top 10 are two totally different things along with expectations 2. dt is a free agent and need securtity incase he leaves our situation is decker, kerely , and harvin are locked up for the next 4+ years making more then 17 million the broncos wrs good prices
That is because they have the luxury of doing that. The Broncos situation and the Jets are very different. They are stacked top to bottom so can they can add a guy that is a talent without having to worry about another area of the team suffering because of it. The Jets don't have that luxury, if we draft a first round WR we miss out on a top talent at a position of need and the whole team suffers because of it.
Harvin is still a wild card really.. I'm hoping he works out well, can line up in a number of places (including Z), and can stretch the field vertically and horizontally. If that's the case, we have a strong WR core. But i'd put the odds of Harvin being on the team next season somewhere around 50/50. Rex and Marty may be gone, Geno may be replaced, and even Idzik could be gone. 10M is also a big nut, and he may prefer taking his chances on FA rather than taking a pay cut, should we try to force that number down. Now we know we'll have Decker and Kerley on the team for sure. Should Harvin not work out, we won't be scrambling to fill multiple WR roles.
Here's more info about the contract: http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/20...act_with_jets_breaks_down_1.html#incart_river
thats an excellent deal, theres no way ANYBODY could be unhappy with those numbers. I had a feeling the first few years would be worth something less than the 4 million a year would tell us. I didn't expect a cap hit of less than 4 million for 3 years though. thats just fine, he could be a little UNDERvalued if anything.
That is a nice deal for us. If we really need the space, we can cut him after 3 years and save $3.5 million of his $4.1 million 2018 cap hit. He'll be 29 going into the 2018 season so he could conceivably be extended at that time.
That's a fantastic deal for us. You can't tell me there's anyone that's currently slated to be an FA that would take that kind of money. We got some good value.
the more I think about it the more this HAD to happen. Without Kerley,we would've been working from a position of desperation at WR. Now that he's HERE, we don't scramble to round out our WR corps next march or overpay somebody thats not worth the money they got. Now we don't have to worry about keeping Harvin SOLELY of the basis of his being the only professionally tested WR on the roster sans Eric Decker. Now we don't have to worry about continuity being maintained. Now we can work on our WR corps from a position of strength and make level headed decisions. all this and he was locked up on a bargain, so he doesn't prohibit us from signing a much more expensive player if we want to either. This move was about peace of mind as much as it was about keeping a good player, enough so that had Idzik let JK walk I would've been on the wagon of people that say he should be fired. Good GM's make this move to give themselves breathing room. this might be one of the better signings in JI's short tenure, as low key as it might seem its got loads of beneficial consequences.
Ehh, if you truly want to make the most money possible (and you're willing to wait until the end of the season before you see it), a player will always go into Free Agency. When teams compete over you you're bound to make more money than a simple extension will give you. If Kerley truly wanted to maximize his income, he would have waited until Free Agency before signing a contract. Playing on the Jets had to be a factor (unless he just wanted the guaranteed money before playing another snap, in case of injuries).
