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Originally Posted by diehardskin2982
I don't know that it is all Lloyd fault... many time I saw him wide open in games and they just didn't throw the ball to him. maybe next season will be better
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I'm not saying Lloyd isn't capable of running/catching, I'm asking why Brandon Lloyd is getting 4.5 million a year to drop passes when players of his caliber like Freddie Mitchell can't even find work.
For the record, I really don't like Freddie Mitchell, he's just the first name that came to mind.
But theres a big discrepancy between 4.5 mil a year, and league minimum. Lloyd must be the luckiest guy in the league, and probably the most blantently overpaid, measured in bang for your buck.
The Archuleta deal was defensible, at least. Expensive and ended up being very costly, but you can at least defend spending on a guy that while playing in St. Louis the prior season, only allowed 5 yards a play on plays where he was involved (this is spectacular for a safety). Now, we ended up purchasing damaged goods, so the signing ended up screwing us big time, but the point is that the Arch signing was
defensible.
Paying 30 million over 7 years AND giving up two draft picks to get a guy whose quality can be found in most urban areas is
completely indefensible. That's the point. I'm not saying Brandon Lloyd can't run and catch the ball when he's open (sometimes). I'm saying that he doesn't bring anything of value to the table over say, Freddie Mitchell (who I presume would gladly play for league min). So for him to be getting more than the league minimum is simple overvaluation. For him to be getting paid like a top receiver in this league is simple stupidity.
Bottom line: we are paying WAY too much at the receiver position considering we really don't have an overload of talent there. Patten was a necessary cut.
I'll try to stop ranting about Lloyd, but to the FO's credit, they didn't make any stupid moves this year for me to vent on.