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Tee Higgins

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Id be good with signing him and then throwing everything else at the defense next season 

You cannot fix this defense with one draft. Signing Higgins will eat up a lot of cap that we will need for other upgrades. It sounds good but not a wise move at our current state of being. 

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The way I look at is we can focus on defense in the draft and sign your top receiver. We can’t afford to go into next year with big question marks with XL and Coker who still need time to develop

You cannot expect to fix the defense with draft picks alone. A lot of that money is going to have to go to the defense. 

I agree we need wr help desperately. But not as desperately as the defense needs help.

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How about we draft T-Mac (Evans mini-me), and have him on a rookie contract for five years.  Use the cap that Higgins would have taken up to re-sign Horn and/or sign another FA on defense.

With two guards eating a huge chunk of cap, we sure could use cap space for FA’s on the defensive side of the roster.

[Snow makes the same point above but hits the send button before I did.  He says it better than I did, anyway.]

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6 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

You cannot fix this defense with one draft. Signing Higgins will eat up a lot of cap that we will need for other upgrades. It sounds good but not a wise move at our current state of being. 

I feel like our offense could be significantly improved in one off season if we make the right moves. Especially since we're adding an all pro back in the mix 

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You cannot fix this defense with one draft. Signing Higgins will eat up a lot of cap that we will need for other upgrades. It sounds good but not a wise move at our current state of being. 

I agree.  If we pick the absolute best defensive player available in the early rounds it will still take another offseason to field a decent def.  

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I feel like our offense could be significantly improved in one off season if we make the right moves. Especially since we're adding an all pro back in the mix 

How significant as you say will greatly depend on who is available and how lucky they get in the draft. Dan didn't do too well with the defensive additions this past offseason.  I would call it a muh.

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Big issue with Higgins is the injuries over the past two years. He hasn’t been able to stay healthy, he was dealing with an ankle/knee injury heading into todays game.

But those saying he isn’t a #1 are dead wrong. He’s missed 5 games but his projections over 16 games are 100 receptions, 1,248 yards, and 15 TD’s.

Literally, the only WR putting up better numbers than Higgins on a per game basis is his running mate, Chase.

You just have to ask yourself, is a guy who has missed 10 games over the past two years worth $30M a year.

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7 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Big issue with Higgins is the injuries over the past two years. He hasn’t been able to stay healthy, he was dealing with an ankle/knee injury heading into todays game.

But those saying he isn’t a #1 are dead wrong. He’s missed 5 games but his projections over 16 games are 100 receptions, 1,248 yards, and 15 TD’s.

Literally, the only WR putting up better numbers than Higgins on a per game basis is his running mate, Chase.

You just have to ask yourself, is a guy who has missed 10 games over the past two years worth $30M a year.

People that call him a number 2 don't realize he's only that because he's overshadowed by one of the top 3 WRs in the league. He'd be miles ahead of anything we have. 

But the injuries are a legit concern

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People that call him a number 2 don't realize he's only that because he's overshadowed by one of the top 3 WRs in the league. He'd be miles ahead of anything we have. 

But the injuries are a legit concern

Injuries are the only thing that would keep me away from him. We don’t need an Aiyuk situation.

But there’s no denying Higgins is a #1 in this league.

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2 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Injuries are the only thing that would keep me away from him. We don’t need an Aiyuk situation.

But there’s no denying Higgins is a #1 in this league.

He would be the best on our team as it stands now. But I'm not in favor of paying him a big contract to come here.

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