Man, you’re a good poster (this site could use more like you), but I don’t know why you don’t like Gallup very much as a player. I’m not saying that you’re wrong about Cooper being better because Cooper is really good but I remember you talking during last season (or offseason) about how over rated Gallup is and how you’d try to trade him.
I point out that Gallup is overrated because many here overrate him, saying that he's better than Cooper, and we should cut Cooper when Gallup is hitting free agency and pay Gallup.
Cooper is just in an entirely different class than Gallup. Cooper is a "you better double him" WR. He's a #1. Gallup is a "cover him and hope for the best" WR. He's a #2.
Someone had a post showing that Gallup was top, near the top of starting WRs in receiving "isolated coverage".
In *general*, I think #2s get overrated. *We* overrated Terrance. Tampa overrated Harper. It's not a fluke. It's structural with #2s. Dominant #1s take up a lot of attention, leaving #2s relatively uncovered. Add in a strong running game, and they get very uncovered.
Because they're uncovered, they get yardage. People see that yardage, compare it to yardage of the #1, and think the player is almost as good. He's a #1 too. But he's not. Those yards came in an entirely different context. One gets the attention of the defense. The other is an afterthought.
People overrate #2s. Gallup is overrated. But soon he'll be less overrated, because it will be clear that he's our #3 after Lamb. And people will notice that Wilson's numbers are pretty good too.
Gallup just ended a game with two big catches. This is the Peak Gallup moment. Sell high.
I'd trade him not because I don't like him, or think Wilson is better than him, but *because* he is overrated, and therefore we can probably get *more* value from trading him than he's worth. Profit.
Though thinking about it again, he's quality at a cheap price, and when he leaves we'll get a good comp pick anyway. Hard to get more in trade for a player than he'd get you in a comp pick when he leaves in free agency. Probably not worth trading him, though I still think this is Peak Gallup. Come 2021, no one will see him as a #1.
p.s. I don't think he's overrated *because* of PFF. PFF is just another indication. I've been saying this since last year. Same argument above. And his drop rate from last year too. Not good.