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Next year will be a better indicator.
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The question is now that they traded a 2nd for Claypool...how high of a pick are they going to use on WR?
Defense is a top priority, and we have a defensive minded HC. Barring a trade back for a bunch of picks...I doubt they draft WR in the first 2 rounds.
(Yes I'm aware of FA. That's how you get guys like Claypool.)
Defense is a top priority, and we have a defensive minded HC. Barring a trade back for a bunch of picks...I doubt they draft WR in the first 2 rounds.
(Yes I'm aware of FA. That's how you get guys like Claypool.)
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I agree. If the Bears really wanted Claypool, they could have waited and pursued him in free agency. and saved a valuable pick. And if you can't get Claypool, get someone else like him.
Was it really important to have him on the team this season?
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Not sure i'd say that but also very hard to compare two totally different type of WR's to each other like those two are.
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You think they'll stick with Goff or definitely drafting one with their top pick in next years draft?
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He needs to be much more involved in '23 and I suspect he will.
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Great players find ways to contribute and help win. Gadget players need the perfect system and play caller to have success. Claypool will be on a new team after next season.
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If he maintains his current level of play, I think they roll with him one more year. But, a lot depends on when the Lions draft, and what is available. If the Rams somehow move up into the 2nd overall pick, that changes everything (although Goff might still be a bridge). But, I do not see the Lions giving up a kings ransom to move up.
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WR should still be a top priority.
We still have a below average WR corps. It's a premium position these days. Therefore it should absolutely be considered with our top picks.
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Claypool can still work out for us and be a valuable member of the WR group.
But the trade was flatly bad asset management by Poles. He overpaid.
But the trade was flatly bad asset management by Poles. He overpaid.
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I highly doubt it will be. The fans want a WR, the coaches are going for DE, DT....maybe even LB in the 2nd or 3rd.
I like Jack Sanborn like everyone else, but we've seen this story around the league for years. A guy plays outta his shorts for a year then comes down to earth the next.
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The Pack have had inconsistent WR play which has ruined their season. Not saying he makes everyone an instant contender. I am saying given what the Pack need, he would make them playoff contenders. The Pack still technically have an outside shot at the playoffs and yes I do think Claypool.
Pack lost 15-9 to the Lions, 27-17 to the Titans and 40-33 to the Eagles. They lost each of those games in the 4th quarter and yes I think Lazard, Claypool, Watson and Cobb probably allows them to beat the Lions and Titans at minimum mainly because that would give Rodgers two legit big and fast WR that can stretch defenses deep. That would put them at 7-6.
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He’s not a free agent this year.
Not only is he not a FA, they traded for him precisely because this FA class is weak. It is amazing how fans make things sound so much easier than they actually are. Do some research before commenting @abegibronlives
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Except the Packers offered a 2nd. So he paid the current market value for the player. Unless your argument is the market had him overvalued in which case you have no idea of that as you have no idea how many teams were willing to part with a 2nd for him.
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Mea Culpa, you are correct.
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wtf are you even talking about, watson missed half the season, he has 9 tds in 1/3 of a season
you're walking yourself out onto the plank with this claypool slobbering, he's not special, he's a big slow possession WR at best
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Pursued him in free agency in 2024. The goal was to give JF talent to work with in 2023. Since the FA market is shit for WR’s and the draft likely not going to produce much since the roster has so many holes, Poles got the best WR available even if he did overpay, which he did.
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But yet 401yds totally proves your point!
TD’s regress to the mean for all players. Even Miller had 7 TD’s his rookie season(on 33catches too). If you are simply measuring how great a skill position player is by his TD production, you might end up with skewed results. This is how teams overpay for decent talent like Robert Tonyan, Dawson Knox and even Mercedes Lewis(who had 11TD’s one year and then got a big contract). Julio Jones once had a 3 TD season on 88 catches. The point is you can’t seriously gauge a player’s true value on TD’s since it’s a stat that can fluctuate dramatically year to year.
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The move was to draft a second round WR last year and not take a low value position like safety. Then draft another this year with all the picks. Wouldn’t need to do anything else. When he drafted a 30 year old who can’t catch and then overcompensated by trading a first rounder for someone who was going to get cut, he revealed himself to be same old bears bullshit we’ve been watching for twenty years
