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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magooch" data-source="post: 1057724" data-attributes="member: 17987">Here's the trouble for me. I think Watson's injury makes it as such that we now have TWO big needs at WR.With Watson out (and I am assuming it's for basically all of 2025) we don't really have any great options for that stretch-the-field, keep the defenses honest type of guy. Watson was a great fit for that role (#3 in ADOT). And IMO that role can be replaced at a reasonable cost, whether it is thru free agency or a mid-round draft pick. Someone like MVS does make some sense, or off the top of my head guys like Demarcus Robinson, Darius Slayton, Hollywood Brown, come to mind as some guys who might be a decent and affordable deep threat type of guy. And if that is the ONLY need we had at WR, I think we would not have a lot of trouble getting it filled relatively affordably (again, take a flyer on a mid-round pick or sign a relatively cheap FA)But, like I said...the trouble is that IMO that's not our only need at WR. Myself and others have said at length before that Love doesn't have a true "#1" WR and instead just has a collection of guys who are probably more like 2s, 3s, and 4s, all of whom can *occasionally* elevate themselves on a given day but none of whom are doing so consistently. We don't have that sort of "security blanket" player who can be a high-volume go-to guy as of yet. For instance...Doubs is our per-game targets leader at roughly 5.5 per game. That is good for 67th most targets per game in the league this year. It's nice to be able to spread the ball around, but IMO we've been hurt repeatedly by not having one sole "alpha" WR that you can feel confident to make a play when all the chips are down (or that you can feel pretty certain will be an option on the majority of passing downs, at least). And so for me that is what speaks more in favor of making a "splash" signing like Higgins or a trade for Metcalf or something along those lines.And so of course unfortunately a "field stretcher" type of player is rarely going to have a ton of overlap with an every-down, "high-volume" #1 type of WR. Picking up a bargain FA or spending a mid-round pick on a deep threat field-stretching guy is just fine but it's probably not going to do anything really to address our other need at WR, in my estimation. And in the same way, bringing in a vet like Davante or Deandre probably gets you that go-to guy for the short term, but doesn't really replace Watson's deep threat abilities IMO. So it's hard for me to see a scenario where both needs are filled by adding just one player I guess.</blockquote>

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