Fair point. What's the whole Bill thing, if you want a team that's fast you draft fast players, you want a team that tackles well make sure you get players who tackle well? You want a team that doesn't make dumb mistakes don't keep the guy who made the dumbest play in the recent history of the sport.
I think they might be reasonably close but it's hard to tell with the differing quality of teams they've been on. That said Juju's injury history is bigger and includes a few concussions which I don't love (I know Meyers had one last year).
I think Meyers' tweet is a pretty strong indication that he would have stayed for that contact.
Juju's circumstances in 2017, 2018 and 2022 all have one major thing in common, and it's got nothing to do with him personally. He was playing alongside an all-pro pass catcher each year, and whether it was AB in 2017 and 2018 or Kelce in 2022, he thrives when he's not the focus of the defense (as is probably the case with most). If he comes here as the #1 guy, I don't see him being any more effective than Meyers. If there's another move coming, he probably has a higher ceiling.
Yeah, and that's basically what I'm thinking. The s***** thing is Meyers always had such a great reputation as being such a smart and heady player, but this year and that play I think hurt him a lot. Maybe he would have been back if he took less money...
I'm a that's an upgrade and sets you up to make moves at X WR or TE for a difference maker in trade or draft.
I'm a "this is an upgrade" guy and this was clearly in the works as Meyers walked out the door.
The flip side is, did Meyers achieve the numbers he did because he was the only viable target on a lousy receiving corps? Akin to the NBA "star" who scores 25 ppg on a crappy team because someone has to take the shots.
Interesting how he went from one of the most generic names to a really distinctive name
ESPN's tracking-based WR stats say Jakobi is quite a bit better at getting open than JuJu.
I think this is right. He's really good against zone and better with RAC than Meyers ... but as it stands now, teams are not going to play a lot of zone against the Patriots. There are circumstances where Smith-Schuster can be the better player, but they haven't created them yet IMO. We'll see what's left in the offseason and if they can.
I hereby declare that no one shoudl say "Lateral" in a sentence about Jakobi. [shudder]
According to OverTheCap they were in line to get a 4th for Meyers, but JuJu wipes that out:
It's not just this; Meyers has been more efficient than Smith-Schuster on a per-target basis over the last four years.
Yeah this is where I am too.
Seems like the worst you can say is that it's at least a break-even for a guy we all thought was gone anyways, and the off-season isn't close to over. The numbers are what they are; even if they wanted JM back but screwed up the negotiations--and that strikes me as unlikely--their Plan B is a pretty good get.
I'm sure there's a Punch & Jeudy joke in here somewhere...
I agree the lateral is a factor in this decision. Just as much as losing a guy you think may repeat a dumber error is the demonstration to players that making a really dumb play gets you a ticket out of town. For Meyers it is good to get out of town too.
I mean, having teams devote their attention to Kelce makes it easier for Juju, not harder. He struggled as the number one option in Pittsburgh.
He'll benefit a ton from having a #1 in front of him that occupies a lot of defensive attention. I don't expect Meyers to be functionally better than he was in NE, but his numbers could improve simply because of Adams presence. I'm not sure Garrappolo himself is going to help Jakobi "pop off".
He struggled because Big Ben was a below replacement level QB at that point in his career.
Ben's 2020 and 2021 cumulative passer rating and ANY/A are virtually indistinguishable from Mac Jones' career, so we'll see how that goes.
Good point, this has to be an upgrade just from a FBIQ perspective.
JuJu played 5 games in 2021. In 2020 he put up similar numbers to what Meyers had the last couple year's.
