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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33
Mix was not released, he was waived and on the Giants practice squad and the Skins claimed him. He was waived by the Giants for Domenik Hixon, who is primarily a return specialist. Hixon needed a change of scenery after being involved in the Kevin Everett hit and was productive as a returner for the Giants this year. So it's not like Mix was dumped for someone better at his position. As I said earlier, Mix is limited in that he only plays X (from what I read). Not sure who the Skins had playing X in their offense. If Mix couldn't move around to the slot, or the Z, obviously McCardell (a 15yr. + veteran) would be able to come in and be more effective picking up the playbook and being able to move around to different positions in the offense.
I don't think Mix is necessarily special, but he could fill a need as a Red Zone threat immediately and possibly develop into a solid X receiver. At any rate, my point is that Mix is far ahead of Monk right now and unless Monk can be brought in as a FA we shouldn't waste a draft pick on him. If we don't sign Hackett or B. Johnson, and Caldwell bolts then we have a more pressing need at WR and we will probably look to add one in the 3rd round.
I believe we will sign Hackett, Caldwell will re-up and we'll be fine at WR. The 5-7 round picks need to be used to provide depth on the OL, DL & LB with the best players available, with OL taking priority. We have 30 somethings across the OL and if you can't keep the QB upright it doesn't matter how good your WRs are.
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We're really not far off on our thoughts other than I don't think using a 5th rounder for this kid is wasting a pick.
Regardless if he was waived or released, you don't do that to someone when the WR ahead of him didn't even practice all season. It was painfully obvious they had no real plans for him.