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Comparing Ginn and Smith stats pre-Panthers

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Ginn:

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Smith:

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My analysis of this trade is that Smith is our no risk try for a Ginn replacement or even upgrade. One takeaway is that Hurney didn’t value Worley at all and he was at risk of just getting cut. Smith has better hands than Ginn (though he’s far from a Larry Fitzgerald) and has throughout his career been a more consistent and more well rounded receiver — though both are mainly pure deep threats. Also note how healthy Smith has been, which is nice to see after Byrd and Samuel last year. Basically we made this move to guarantee us a look at Smith with Cam and if they can develop chemistry similar to Cam and Ginn then we’ll keep him and he’d be well worth the $5M. Otherwise we cut him and there’s no real loss considering Worley wasn’t valued anyways. I’m one of Hurney’s biggest critics here and one of DG’s biggest supporters but I’ll give this move a chance. Could be a home run if Smith and Cam get on the same page early. Exact type of WR we needed the most.

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1 minute ago, g_d0t said:

Smith was going to be a cap casualty anyway. he was going to get cut  

But his value on the open market would be at or exceed his current value. We don't lose anything here, he's going into the final year of his deal, this was a good trade.

People should try to understand that, it's almost the same price we'd have been paying for Ted Ginn (3 yrs, 11M), but over their careers Smith has been consistently better. 

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1 minute ago, g_d0t said:

Smith was going to be a cap casualty anyway. he was going to get cut  

Yes, this may be true, but if hes cut then he has an opportunity to get other contracts or offers.  Just because hes cut doesn't mean we would have first bids.

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Just now, SetfreexX said:

But his value on the open market would be at or exceed his current value. We don't lose anything here, he's going into the final year of his deal, this was a good trade.

People should try to understand that. 

no ones paying more than five for Smith lol.... That's what Watkins is going to get 

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Just now, SetfreexX said:

But his value on the open market would be at or exceed his current value. We don't lose anything here, he's going into the final year of his deal, this was a good trade.

People should try to understand that. 

Bbbbuuuuttt ESPN said it was a bad move!!

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2 minutes ago, g_d0t said:

Smith was going to be a cap casualty anyway. he was going to get cut  

Then he would have hit the open market and no guarantee we could have got him.

Not only that, his current contract has 0 guaranteed money left on it, so he’s very low risk for us to cut as well if we don’t see the value. 

I could honestly see us converting his base salary into a signing bonus and lowering his cap figure significantly if we deem it necessary.

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