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Eh, not so hard, really. Tate destroys Decker in broken tackles and yards after the catch. Of course YMMV. They got pretty similar contracts in the same open market, which suggests that the NFL sees them as roughly in the same tier.
Is Flacco in the same tier as Brady and Peyton? Think about how much money they all make before you answer.
Obviously not even close. And I'm pretty sure that would be reflected in their contracts if they all somehow magically hit the open market in the same offseason.
I'm of the opinion that Tate is better than Decker. The better player went to the better situation. Prior to free agency, I tried to trade Decker for Tate and 2.1, but was turned down. I was pretty sure Tate was going to improve his situation and his Seattle numbers are his floor. I think both will be WR3's with Tate having more upside, especially since Calvin seems to be on the injury report often.
Bucs appear to be winning free agency. I'm impressed.I wonder how much it's due to the Lovie Smith hire. Guys like playing for him?
I read this as Austin Collie five years and $30M for the briefest of moments and thought the world had gone mad.
With a QB like Rodgers, you don't need someone special - he will get the ball to them, all they have to do is catch it.
I could live with either of those but prefer Pettigrew. I think he is a TE that can catch if asked but is also a pretty solid blocker if you want to keep him in. Quarless could also still be back. Finley split out so much that they could also just choose to split out an extra WR in the formations where Finley split out.
because of where they landed or would you have made the same statement yesterday before the signings for either of them? curious. Decker not getting much love, he did have a good season with Tebow at the helm, how bad could it be in New York...
Desperate measures
Yeah...they were really going hard after Garrett Graham. He surely would have made all the difference in the world.
Had Decker gone to Detroit and Tate to the Jets, I would reverse my course here. It has a ton to do with where they are and where they were. Decker was bolstered by Manning and so many other weapons around him to give him single coverage all the time. Tate will have Megatron taking the extra coverage and should be a lock for 1000 and 8.
The #2 WR in Detroit seems to really get overplayed to me. CJ will get his ...and so will Reggie and Bell. I'm also going to go out on a limb that Caldwell will also reign things in a bit too. That 1000-8 for Tate is a high, inconsistent ceiling that will plummet if they draft a WR early IMO
You think is ceiling is what he did with Russel Wilson rather than Stafford? I'll take the over.
If Tate proves to have capable hands and not drop a ton of balls then he will easily beat those numbers. Det is dying for anyone who can simply catch the ball.
With those 2 whole drops he had last year?
Who is "Checkdown Charlie"? His nickname is officially "Clipboard Jesus"? All this political correctness is ruining everything.
Yeah he is great. That is why they got him for 2 years at $ 3M dollars. They must of have alot of competition for his services.
And what option was he on Seattle? What option would he be in Detroit today?
He surely wasn't playing across from Calvin Johnson.
#2 behind Calvin. Before you drop in the Reggie Bush's name, he's 29 year old and has a problem saying healthy. Reggie had 50 something catches last year. I'd bet Tate gets well more than Reggie does in 2014
Rookie WR's don't normally bust out of the gates and catch 80 balls. But I think the point is moot as I doubt the Lions spend the 10th pick on a WR after signing Tate.
I don't own this guy in any league.
Open market being the key here. But neither Peyton or Tom are likely to leave their current jobs until they retire.
Let's say the cap number in the 4th year (which he'll never see) is 9 mill. Call it a 3 year, 18 mill deal, and it works just fine.
