Robby worse contract than Batum?

[slumdogmillionaire]

Hear me out….Batum’s contract was one of the worst in Charlotte sports history.   Is Robby’s worse?   Not on the amount but the effects it will have….Marty/Jerry like hand out. 
 

1) Batums didn’t really hurt us from signing others bc Hornets not ready to contend….one or two of Reddick, Moore, Jackson, Burns probably won’t signed bc the money given to Robby.

2) timing….Batum had a good year and then you resigned him.  Why give Robby this contract before the year was over?  What was the rush….see how Marshall, Shi, and Robby does this year then decide and see what his value is.

3) Batum was impeding the process of younger players his last year here….Borrego put him on the bench and the young guys played.  You think Rhule will bench his Temple guy?    Marshall’s progress will be stunted.

4) Why draft Marshall in 2nd round if you’re going to keep Robby?  There were tons of talent left at that spot.

5) WRs are dime a dozen in every draft.  No reason to pay two WRs and a RB that much. Can’t build a contender paying them that much when you will have to pay your QB and the guys I mentioned above.

6) Age ….he’s not young.

7) Performance….I don’t think he ever was worth the money he got but this year has been really bad.   He won’t be able without touches and could become an expensive disgruntled diva. 
 

I just don’t get this contract extension….someone make me feel better about it and tell me what I’m missing.

[Panthera onca]

Nothing is worse than the contract they gave to Batum. I think Robbie will earn his money as the season progresses. Sam will make a point to get him involved, and defenses will be looking to shut down DJ so Robbie and Terrace should get more open looks.

[mav1234]

This offense uses 3 WR sets frequently... I don't see his contract as hurting any of our young players... Robby wasn't just a 1 year guy either.. he flashed on the Jets.

They do need to get him more involved, though. I think it'll happen with CMC down.  Part of me expects teams will need to start picking their poison with DJ or Robby.

[NAS]

The other Robbie topic wasn't good enough for you?

[TheCasillas]

another overreaction thread? Shocking.

[therealmjl]

I’ve been pretty down on Robby but this thread is cheeks

[Jon Snow]

No, I will not hear you out. 

[NorthTryon]

It is nothing wrong with Robbie. Darnold is missing open receivers left and right. And this is with protection. He is still a bit damaged from time in New York and we all see it. He is going to have to open up and make more winning throws, not just game managing throws as the season progresses. As he opens up, the touches and impact for Robbie will come. Plus, DJ is doing good things.  It has been three games and he signed a very manageable contract. The offense is still feeling its way out. Picking out one player after going 3-0 and hating on their contract is odd.  

[slumdogmillionaire]

It’s not even his performance….y’all don’t get it.   So you’re good losing Jackson, Moore, Reddick, or Burns bc of Robby’s contact? Bc that’s what is going to happen. 

[Bartin]

Lol Jesus christ

[frankw]

[Sir Purr]

LOL

[MasterAwesome]

Until I see evidence of him continuously getting blanketed in coverage or dropping catches (I know he had one uncharacteristic drop last night), I'm gonna assume he's just getting underutilized either by design or because Darnold isn't looking his way as much.  Neither is an indictment of Robby.

[Harbingers]

10 minutes ago, Ace420 said:

No, Robbie can play. Now that the offense is going through Sam instead of cmc, we need Robbie to run his deep routes and take the top off of defenses opening up the field for the other WRs and TEs.

Sam didn't find him much in Houston, but we will get him the ball. We have many wr options out there that are going to provide mismatch opprtunities for the other guys or for Robbie himself.

We just need to establish the run game again, and even though chubba had a few bad first games, he seemed to warm up and find a groove once he became the feature back.

Everything will be OK, no need to panic yet.

Why does everyone keep saying Robby is the deep threat? He’s not. He’s the check down corner route guy. It’s actually amazing we have had so much offensive production using our two best receivers ass backwards.