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I hope that is sarcasm. Torrey isn't a bad player, but I think by now we all realize he's not something special. He's also a very different player than Crabtree. However, in a vacuum and assuming Crabtree didn't lose anything from the achilles injury, I'd take Crabtree.
He's a big upgrade in terms of what SF needs from its #2 WR in real life football. I doubt Smith has a big year fantasy wise.
I don't know. I guess we can compare contracts when they have both signed, but that isn't always the best way to gauge talent.
Is there some statistical backup for this? Did his hands magically decline in ability? I've always thought he was a guy with average-ish speed, great routes, and great hands. Although that is based on my eyeball test, which I myself take with a grain of salt. I've honestly never paid that much attention to him due to his QB situation. I did snag him in 2012 in a couple PPR leagues, which paid off better than I ever expected, but after the achilles I haven't had him on my target list, much less a fantasy team.
Kap has a better arm than people tend to think. Though I don't think he has Flacco's arm.And he was 7th best in 2012. But that only addresses the hands. Where do you get the part about him being an average possession receiver? Everything I've read has praised his route running.
I feel like neither one of us has actually looked at the numbers, but I still feel safe in my assumption that Alex Smith/Kaep have not been better than Flacco. And I'm no Flacco fan.
Flacco is the most over-rated QB in the NFL.
From watching him and observing his pedestrian receiving totals over the course of his career. He's a fine route runner but he was never explosive or shifty enough to get much separation and when you couple that with his injury history and his drops last year I don't see how you could possibly call him above average at anything.
Just as I thought, you aren't looking at the whole picture. Torrey hasn't played with Flacco for 7 seasons and Crabtree has been around a lot longer than Kaepernick has been the starting QB for SF. I believe there are 2.5 seasons of Alex Smith & Co. you are conveniently omitting.
He will only see the guaranteed $. He's just not that good and will be cut when they figure out that he wasn't the answer and certainly not worth that kind of $.
Or not. One of the easier calls. Shanahan figured out pretty quick that he's not an answer. When you have no QB, it's a really bad move to sign a low end ham & egger WR for big $.
