Ryan Broyles Released by Lions

[Roebling]

Ryan Broyles, a former 2012 second round pick, was just released by the Detroit Lions. He has had two ACL injuries and a torn Achilles. He is reported to have asked for his own release following a preseason in which he was not highly targeted. 

I say we give him a look. This guy was brimming with talent and it doesn't hurt. People may say these injuries sapped him of his ability to separate, but who really knows. I'm looking at a guy with three years of experience and as someone who asked for his own release because he knows what he is capable of. He wants to be in an environment where he can fight for targets. Carolina is definitely a place he can do that. 

[nctarheel0619]

Anything is worth a shot at this point.  

[PanthersUnited]

Yes sign him, I don't give a Fug. At this point I just want us to sign a WR just in general principle alone, that's how desperate we are at WR

[countryboi]

he has lost a step and never was the same player he was before the injuries but his hands are pretty good

[top dawg]

Great hands,  but slow and unable to create separation is what I just read. 

[thefuzz]

Awfully hard to play football from the tub.

No thank you.  There will be other cuts.

[Seltzer]

Don't think he's the same after being hurt.  That being said, the bottom of the Lions WR depth chart is closer to the top of ours...

[dkmilitary]

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[kungfoodude]

2 years, $4.58?

[davos]

Injuries got the better of him but damn did he show some talent at times in college.  Speaking of the Lions, Corey Fuller could emerge as their legit third option in this year. 

[mwright350]

I don't see how signing a broken down receiver is going to help us.  We do this every year - every time someone gets cut who plays a position where we're struggling people start talking about signing them...full speed ahead damn the man sign ALL the [insert position here].

To me this is the kind of move you make if you already have solid receivers and you want to see if you can add a weapon on the cheap (thus can absorb the hit if he ends up hurt or is simply terrible now).  It's the exact opposite of the kind of move you make if your receiver group is already weak and you're looking for someone to consistently contribute.  The team with an already weak receiver group has a much smaller margin for error and thus "it can't hurt" quickly becomes "not only can it hurt but it can be a total disaster".  

Roster spots aren't unlimited - there's a cost in at the very least someone else who could be in that spot for every "it can't hurt" guy that lands here.

[Roebling]

I don't see how signing a broken down receiver is going to help us.  We do this every year - every time someone gets cut who plays a position where we're struggling people start talking about signing them...full speed ahead damn the man sign ALL the [insert position here].

To me this is the kind of move you make if you already have solid receivers and you want to see if you can add a weapon on the cheap (thus can absorb the hit if he ends up hurt or is simply terrible now).  It's the exact opposite of the kind of move you make if your receiver group is already weak and you're looking for someone to consistently contribute.  The team with an already weak receiver group has a much smaller margin for error and thus "it can't hurt" quickly becomes "not only can it hurt but it can be a total disaster".  

Roster spots aren't unlimited - there's a cost in at the very least someone else who could be in that spot for every "it can't hurt" guy that lands here.

We are in preseason. We have a few extra spots. We cut someone we know we aren't going to keep anyways, and bring him in for a week. See how he does. It's not like he gets guaranteed money.

And I disagree. When your receiver group is weak, you don't sit on your hands. You look and seek out ways to fix your problems. Not every input is going to be a solution, but if you don't at least try, it will never get better.

[mwright350]

We are in preseason. We have a few extra spots. We cut someone we know we aren't going to keep anyways, and bring him in for a week. See how he does. It's not like he gets guaranteed money.
And I disagree. When your receiver group is weak, you don't sit on your hands. You look and seek out ways to fix your problems. Not every input is going to be a solution, but if you don't at least try, it will never get better.

I'm not advocating doing nothing so I don't get that angle.

I am advocating not signing every WR off the scrap heap because maybe they're secretly bionic.  I am specifically advocating not signing *this* receiver off the scrap heap because *before* his leg problems he was an undersized receiver with average speed who had trouble in the following areas according to the scouting reports Google told me I should read: securing catches in space / when a CB presses him and he has to break away and get back into his route.  

He just wasn't all that good BEFORE he was constantly hurt.  

I WOULD like to add a receiver if one becomes available who might be at the end of a career who has shown consistency and reliability which we need.  I would also not be opposed to a trade for a known quantity higher quality receiver (yes picks - I know player for player trades are unheard of outside Madden).  I would not like to add a receiver who has potential but is average at best and has no NFL body of work to speak of.  Now is not the time to take a flier on every available body - we HAVE available bodies we can take a flier on who are pretty much in this guy's strata.

[PiratePanther189]

It's really bad business to bring a player in that has ACL problems to replace a receiver that has ACL problems. If we're gonna do something, let's make sure that we're confident that the guy is gonna be able to dress out.