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Originally Posted by In58men
You shut your whore mouth!!!!
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Why are we treating McLaurin like he's Devante Adams here?
And again - I was one of the first guys on the McLaurin trade (have said all along that HE was the real miss, not DK Metcalf).
But he's not a game-breaker. He's not someone teams gameplan to stop. He's a very nice player who'd probably be good for 1,300 yards over 17 games. Maybe a little more.
But he's no sort of unicorn. He has okay size, okay speed. His agility is fine, but nothing exceptional. He's a good route-runner but that's just not enough on its own. He's not a high-point guy and he's not a terribly dangerous downfield threat.
If everything - and I mean everything - develops to plan, you may get Chris Godwin sort of performance out of him. And that's fine - but it's fine when you get that from a FA. When you factor in the amount you're willing to give up to acquire him AND the contract he'll demand, it's just too much to give up for a guy that doesn't fundamentally change the nature of your offense.
It's also important to remember that he was a 24 yr old rookie so he's already coming into his age 27 season. He's not exactly a young guy anymore so projecting a lot more from him than what he's done to this point is likely not wise.