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Originally Posted by staylor26
And I think that skill set is why a guy like Aiyuk would be considered the more valuable asset. For instance, nobody is more important than CMC, but you aren't paying CMC what you'd pay Aiyuk, right? Why? Because he's a RB. Deebo is like a hybrid, and that factors into the value from a monetary perspective, and it's also why he's always hurt.
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Not sure that we aren't talking past each other here.
I mean, yeah, Deebo plays a hybrid role, so I'd imagine he'd be cheaper to retain than Aiyuk, who is obviously a WR, and a top-10 or so WR at that.
But on the field, well, it's a fact that when Deebo hurt his shoulder last season, SF lost three games in a row just like that. Which tells me that Deebo is pretty important to the efficiency of that offense, regardless of how much his 'position' commands on the open market.
Same with CMC for that matter. RBs don't command much $$$ in today's NFL, but there's no question that CMC is the most important offensive skill player on that team, just from a scoring perspective. With him, they scored about 30pts/gm, and without him only 23 or 24 pts/gm. From a purely scoring POV, CMC should be getting paid a lot more $$$, imo. He's just unlucky in that he's playing in an era when RBs just aren't highly valued on the open market.