DBoys said:
This is the same type discussion that occurred when we drafted Spears and signed Fergy. I find it hard to believe you pay a guy 1.8mil to be a backup. I would like to see the same type of rotation as our DL 20 plays to each player. There is nothing wrong with keeping these guys fresh it will minimize injuries.
I'd have to agree with you. It doesn't make any sense to pay that sort of money and not get him on the field.
When you look back and realize he's replacing Morgan essentially as a 4th WR but at triple the cap charge..that would seem to indicate that He's at least a # 3 WR in the pecking order and because of his weapons, would split time with Crayton at times or come in to give Key a breather or to be used when field position would allow us to send him deep.
Once you get in the RED ZONE, Key would be more valuable a target to get it in the endzone.
But given his history with Bledsoe..anything may happen. Like you, I'd be very happy if Price has an impact catching 3-4 passes a game and then they move him around from Flanker to Split end to slot man like they try to do with Ware on defense and make teams spend extra time trying to defense him and account for him.
If Price can come up with a few big catches early in the season, it could make it very interesting. And when they send 3-wides out there, there will have to be enormous pressure on the defense to cover and that leaves us with the advantage running the ball with JuJo out of that formation.
If we can spread the defense, we can dominate the line of scrimmage. If they ignore the 3-wides, we'll kill them throwing with Bledsoe. I'm hoping Sean Payton will call some of these formations early in games and on early downs to shakeup the defense and confuse things for the opposition.
I'm not saying Crayton couldn't be effective in the 3-wides, but Price has a track record with Bledsoe and around the league and he'd cause a bigger ripple in the defense than Crayton at this point.
But that remains to be seen.
And like with Morgan, I'm just hoping that Price or the other WR's stay healthy and we aren't forced to insert him before he's ready or he gets an injury himself like Morgan did early and be on the shelf.
Then his acquisition gets voided.
So we'll see.
parcellswaterboy