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Free agent WR targets?

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In 2023, Corey Davis "temporarily" retired from the NFL.  In March, 2024, he applied for reinstatement and was given his release from the Jets.  He is under 30 right now, scored a 31 on the wonderlic (don't know why I added that) and had a few seasons near 1000 yards.  He was never considered a #1 WR and commented that he was.  Would he entertain the opportunity to mentor some young guys and Thielen and return to the NFL?  

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I think Tee Higgins is a pipe dream. We would have to overpay just to get him to consider. Plus for us to make that kind of move and investment it would instantly accelerate the clock on Bryce Young to showcase results that look like a top 10 quarterback. You don't make that kind of all in move otherwise.

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1 hour ago, countryboi said:

Naw thats the old plan, If the Panthers truly believe Bryce is their guy. they need to gear up while he is on his affordable rookie contract and see how far he can take them.

This should always be the main plan. That's how great teams sustain their success. Through the draft not high priced fa. That's how you become the browns. Or the panthers of the last few years. 

Look at what 1 solid draft has done to the team. Now imagine 2.

Draft well and supplement with fa. Not the other way around. 

This is the way

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52 minutes ago, PadresPanthersFan said:

This should always be the main plan. That's how great teams sustain their success. Through the draft not high priced fa. That's how you become the browns. Or the panthers of the last few years. 

Look at what 1 solid draft has done to the team. Now imagine 2.

Draft well and supplement with fa. Not the other way around. 

This is the way

The Texans, Eagles, Bills and Chiefs would say otherwise. I'm not denying the importance of drafting well, but the right free agent or trade can accelerate a team's progress more quickly than any draft pick.

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19 minutes ago, countryboi said:

The Texans, Eagles, Bills and Chiefs would say otherwise. I'm not denying the importance of drafting well, but the right free agent or trade can accelerate a team's progress more quickly than any draft pick.

The vast majority of the stars on those teams were all drafted - including every one of the QB's.  They were all deep running playoff teams who picked up extra pieces, not bottom of the league rebuilders.

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17 minutes ago, countryboi said:

The Texans, Eagles, Bills and Chiefs would say otherwise. I'm not denying the importance of drafting well, but the right free agent or trade can accelerate a team's progress more quickly than any draft pick.

They would actually agree with me. Look at their drafts.

They then supplement when everything is in place. Eagles drafted extremely well. Then they can splurge on saquon and brown. 

But the chiefs and eagles consistently crush drafts.  Otherwise your team gets old and expensive in a hurry

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2 minutes ago, PadresPanthersFan said:

They would actually agree with me. Look at their drafts.

They then supplement when everything is in place. Eagles drafted extremely well. Then they can splurge on saquon and brown. 

But the chiefs and eagles consistently crush drafts.  Otherwise your team gets old and expensive in a hurry

they also would say AJ Brown and Diggs twice, either way we are not going to agree on this your idea has worked in the NFL mine as also worked in the NFL.

agree to disagree

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2 minutes ago, PadresPanthersFan said:

They would actually agree with me. Look at their drafts.

They then supplement when everything is in place. Eagles drafted extremely well. Then they can splurge on saquon and brown. 

But the chiefs and eagles consistently crush drafts.  Otherwise your team gets old and expensive in a hurry

I would even go as far as to say most of your better teams let some of their drafted stars walk in FA or be traded at times because they draft so well.

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Just now, countryboi said:

they also would say AJ Brown and Diggs twice

The Texans were no better with Diggs than last year - 95% of their success has been the draft.  Diggs is their 2nd WR.  And the Eagles were a playoff team before they got AJ Brown.  They drafted Hurts, Devonta Smith, Goedert, Miles Sanders, the entire defense.  It is wild to claim a single WR FA changed a team that much.

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4 hours ago, Stingray3030 said:

I love Tee and would love to have him here, but not sure we wanna pay him $20-23M a year given our situation - or if he wants more.  Godwin at a discount I would.  No other FA WR moves the needle in my opinion and just ties up more money that we need elsewhere.  We have quite a few decisions to make for our own FA's:

Xavier Woods, Andy Dalton, Brady Christensen, Tommy Tremble, Jordan Fuller, Johnny Hekker, Eddy Piniero, JJ Jansen, Sam Franklin, David Moore, Michael Jackson, Raheem Blackshear, Jalen Coker, Cade Mays, DeShawn Williams

Plus guys expiring in 2026 that we may wanna resign now which may or may not impact our cap: DJ Wonnum, Jaycee Horn, Taylor Moton

Plus guys we should be cutting and taking a hit:  Miles Sanders, others?

Would definitely resign Jackson and the kicker and punter and Jansen.  The rest meh.  Definitely resign Wonnum, Horn and on the fence with Moton if he costs a lot.

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5 hours ago, Stingray3030 said:

We already have a #3 though....would you want Palmer over Coker/Thielen?  I honestly like our top 3 at the moment.  If we don't go get a true #1 I would rather leave it as is.  

Thielen is a free agent, isn't he? And regardless we need a younger version of him anyway.

I see XL + Coker as our #1 and #2 with Palmer as the #3 in that scenario.

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1 hour ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

Thielen is a free agent, isn't he? And regardless we need a younger version of him anyway.

I see XL + Coker as our #1 and #2 with Palmer as the #3 in that scenario.

Thielen still has 1 more year on his contract.  Palmer would be good for the #3 after that I guess.  We probably should look more than 1 year out 

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