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Give Hurney some credit


t96

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When Cole Beasley is making $29M over 4 years and Devin Funchess is making $13M for one year, Torrey Smith at $5M doesn't seem so bad at all...

When Collins gets 6 years $85M, Amos gets 4 years $37M, Mathieu gets 3 years $42M, Eric Reid at 3 years $22M is a damn steal.

 

Great pre-free agency moves from Hurney and smart to not get in on the insane early spending, of which pretty much all these deals will be huge overpays by bad teams. Yet to see about D. Williams but definitely looks smart to let him test the market and let it play out. We may still be able to re-sign him if he isn't getting the offers he expected (which may be the case since he hasn't signed yet). Still a long way to go for Hurney to gain any trust from fans as GM but he's started off this offseason significantly better than many of his unsuccessful seasons in his first stint here.

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When Cole Beasley is making $29M over 4 years and Devin Funchess is making $13M for one year, Torrey Smith at $5M doesn't seem so bad at all...

When Collins gets 6 years $85M, Amos gets 4 years $37M, Mathieu gets 3 years $42M, Eric Reid at 3 years $22M is a damn steal.

 

Great pre-free agency moves from Hurney and smart to not get in on the insane early spending, of which pretty much all these deals will be huge overpays by bad teams. Yet to see about D. Williams but definitely looks smart to let him test the market and let it play out. We may still be able to re-sign him if he isn't getting the offers he expected (which may be the case since he hasn't signed yet). Still a long way to go for Hurney to gain any trust from fans as GM but he's started off this offseason significantly better than many of his unsuccessful seasons in his first stint here.

He certainly seems to have learned a few lessons during his time away. He's playing the long game, which is exactly what he should be doing. 

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Guaranteed or not, I can't in any way endorse giving five million to a guy who's realistically your sixth or seventh receiving option; especially not when you could have cut him and re-signed for less.

As to Reid, someone else pointed out that it's hard to compare his contract to the ones being signed now because those are going to the top guys on the market. The contracts that get signed by guys after the early feeding frenzy calms down will be the better comparison.

I do agree with not being involved in the early insanity, but let's be real. With our cap space, it's not like that was an option.

 

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