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Originally Posted by nath
What terribleness is that (stacking no-talent white QBs aside)?
2/25/17
DT Earl Mitchell - 4/$16m/$4.7m
Turns 30 in the beginning of next season, & is pretty bad at football. Doesn't have a sack since 2014, averages like 1 tackle a game, no upside whatsoever.
3/9/17
WR Pierre Garcon - 5/$47.5/$20m
Turns 31 before next season starts. Not that good at football. By the time they would hopefully be decent, will be a shell of whatever he was when he was pretty good. Had a bit of a resurgent season last year (2nd 1k season of his career), but seems like a dramatic overpay for mediocrity.
[Barnwell grade: C+]
WR Marquise Goodwin - 2/$6m/$4.5m
I mean he's not really good at football...5'9 guy who isn't really a slot receiver, but at least he's only 26 so there's some upside? Dunno.
QB Brian Hoyer - 2/$12m/$9.9m
I'm fine with this. He's perfectly serviceable. Seems to trend the team toward mediocrity rather than any upside, but I guess you don't want to embarrass yourselves.
FB Kyle Juszczyk - 4/$21m/$9.8m
This is hugely out of line with the market for FBs, so unless they are projecting something else into him that I don't see...? He has 7 career carries, never has more than 41 catches in a season, & averages less than 8 yards per catch. That's a lot to pay for a HB in today's day & age, let alone a FB. Maybe they have some revolutionary plan? But I doubt it.
[Barnwell grade: D+]
OLB Malcolm Smith - 5/$26.5m/$11.5m
Will be 28 at the start of the season, isn't good at football, no upside, pretty useless. Coverage LB who isn't actually good at covering people.
[Barnwell grade: D-]
K Robbie Gould/TE Logan Paulsen
Old, crappy (Paulsen), no upside, but nbd.
3/10/17
QB Matt Barkley - 2/$4m/$0.5m
Seems fine. He's not good, but they're not really paying him anything.
LB Brock Coyle - 1/$1.45m/$0.4m
Seems like an overpay for a guy who did nothing for the Seahawks, but meh? At least he's only 26?
WR Aldrick Robinson - 2/$4m/$0.5m
Not good at football, at all. Turns 29 next season. But, whatever? 54 career games, 931 career yards.
S Don Jones - 2/$2.2m/$0.8m
Has played with 5 different teams, but no tackles since his 2nd year in 2014. Seems useless & not like someone worth spending $$$ on?
3/17/17
LB Dekoda Watson - 3/$5.1m/$1m
29 years old, 89 career tackles, 15 in the past 3 years. Utterly useless.
4/4/17
HB Tim Hightower - 1/$1.1m/$0.3m
I mean it's fine, but he's about to turn 31 & I don't see much point? Maybe they can trade him to a contender with injuries? Don't hate it I guess.
4/18/17
RT Garry Gilliam - 1/$2.2m/$1.3m
Seems to be really bad at football, but at least he's not old? I guess it's fine for a backup?
Bottom Line
They signed a bunch of scrubs to a bunch of money & got virtually no long-term pieces that will actually be useful when/if they ever become good.