Ricky J
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ORIGINAL: beo I'm in the keep JJ camp. If you aren't paying huge money to a QB... I don't have a problem paying an extremely young, extremely talented player at a position where you can play out a long contract and reasonably expect to keep level of play or even improve. I think this team is going to need some superstars for a chance to win it all. I think our biggest problem of that fun 2017 team was we didn't have any superstars. The team was absolutely solid across the board. But no one really dominated or put the team on their back in the playoffs. The idea that you are going to turn JJ into a draft haul and then turn that into star players is a huge gamble. I know it's not apples to apples... but Moss netted Napoleon Harris and Troy Williamson... that is absolutely a possibility. JJ is a known. ymmv Have we won games without him... yes. But I think the last couple games you are seeing what this offense is going to be now that teams know how to neutralize Addison. Not much fun to watch. My biggest issue with JJ is that he is coming off a hammy injury. Once the soft tissue injuries start coming, they never seem to stop. I hope I'm wrong. The guy missed seven games with a hammy injury. That's a lot. I would have some reservations about a massive, long-term contract. I'd like to know when he was really ready to play, or if they held him out because they thought the loss of Cousins meant they had no real chance of making the playoffs. Four weeks later, they are still in the hunt. Either way, seven games lost to a hammy is a long time. It must have been a bad one. I would also love to know when he was ready to play... it certainly could be my biased opinion but I suspect the plan was to hold him out until the bye all along. That being said. A guy misses his FRIST games in his fourth year of crazy good production and you immediately jump to getting rid of him?!?!? (and by the way... he has been one of the LEAST diva like elite WR in the league) That doesn't strike me as sound franchise management. If it were chronic injuries... sure, you evaluate... but the idea that this is going to lead chronic issues, lack of production, etc... is RABID speculation. That's not an accurate account of what I said. I never said I wanted to get rid of him. Without being inside the front office or training room, there is a lot of speculation by all of us. All I said was, seven games to a hammy is a lot and I'd be very concerned about giving him a huge, long-term deal as a result. Without knowing all of the variables, I think that's fair. Bummer for him. Backside of his rookie deal, looking for the big money, and you come up with a hamstring injury. Im thinking "Let's get back out there and win one for the team," probably took a back seat to extra caution. In the salary cap world how can you look at Jefferson the same as you did prior to the injury?
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