Dez wants to get paid!

[Nightman]

Top 5 WR s (in terms of on field) have not typically been part of teams recently appearing in SB s. Therefore it might be a reasonable strategy to not have a WR on your team making top 5 WR money and use those dollars elsewhere

It's such a small sample size to draw any meaningful conclusions. More coincidental than anything. The Pats had Randy Moss, the Colts Harrison and Wayne, the Giants spent top picks on WRs. Larry Fitzgerald helped the Cards get there. Before that Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice were pretty good. So were Andre Reed, Art Monk and Sterling Sharpe. In the 70s Lynn Swann and Drew Pearson were pretty good.

Teams are built different ways, but a strong defense seems like the main force behind winning the Super Bowl. If a team has strong passing game though, they can get deep into the playoffs like the Colts, Pats, Broncos and Saints have shown. The only downside to signing Dez long term would be an injury and that can happen to anyone as we know too well.

 

[visionary]

It's such a small sample size to draw any meaningful conclusions. More coincidental than anything. The Pats had Randy Moss, the Colts Harrison and Wayne, the Giants spent top picks on WRs. Larry Fitzgerald helped the Cards get there. Before that Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice were pretty good. So were Andre Reed, Art Monk and Sterling Sharpe. In the 70s Lynn Swann and Drew Pearson were pretty good.

Teams are built different ways, but a strong defense seems like the main force behind winning the Super Bowl. If a team has strong passing game though, they can get deep into the playoffs like the Colts, Pats, Broncos and Saints have shown. The only downside to signing Dez long term would be an injury and that can happen to anyone as we know too well.

I agree with your points

Just saying that it might not be a bad idea to go into the negotiation with a hard number below what the top 5 WRs are currently getting paid

Jerry of course will never let him go no matter what it costs
He is a money printing machine for Jerry

 

[Alexander]

We have it pretty good right now as far as WR pay structure.