Most articles I have seen states he wants to play both and thinks he can do it full time on both sides. While that would be amazing, hard enough to play one position full time in the NFL, so that isn't happening.Waiting for Hunter to come out and say he want's to be a WR. As you pointed out, WR is a much more lucrative pay scale than CB. Not like Hunter has no part of the decision in this situation.sounds pretty intelligent to me![]()
There is a lot of noise coming from teams that he's one of the top receivers in the draft on their boards and that they're considering him at WR. These teams are now paying 41 million dollars for the best receiver there is. That's good QB money. The value is in making Hunter a receiver. Follow the value and follow the money. If a well-run team selects him, then it behooves them to make him a receiver. You can bet dollars to donuts that New England, spurned at the table by WRs even when they back up the Brinks truck, is going to make him a WR. They can't attract anybody else!
Derek Stingley just signed for 3 years at 30 million dollars, terms not exactly known right now. That's quite the disparity from highest-paid corner to highest-paid WR. And the next highest-paid CB makes 25 million dollars. So you've got WR2s like Tee Higgins making around or more than what the second highest-paid corner in the league makes.
Hunter is a potentially excellent receiver but is going to need to work at it. Teams are going to have to stick by him as he goes through becoming something other than an athletic specimen. Does he have the hands and desire? We will see. But whoever drafts him is probably looking at using him as a WR if they're well-run. If the Giants draft him, you can best believe he'll be a cornerback and play receiver part-time. But the other clubs? Tennessee, Cleveland, New York, New England? Well, I can see Cleveland making him a CB because they're stuck with their heads in the sand, too. I can't see TN drafting him at 1 and doing the same. (Maybe they trade down and let a QB-needy team select Ward?)
So much in flux. So much in play. I think it depends on the noise of the team signing him. I'll bet if he goes to NE, they make him a WR. I don't think he falls that far, though. So interesting.
Perhaps I'm inventing this with all the news that that's been coming out, but didn't Travis say, or at least imply he sees himself as more of a CB?
I know he wants to do both full time(won't happen), but I feel like I remember this from somewhere
More money as a WR assuming he ends up being a top 10 type of player at that position. Longevity is better too. If he had to choose one from a financial standpoint, you would think it would be WR.