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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1094872" data-attributes="member: 4199">I'm not saying Watson is the second coming of Moss, but he certainly could be.  He was on pace for about 1,100 yards last year.  If we sign him to that level of contract and he goes off for 2000 yard, then we still came out ahead.And as far as "cheaper" receivers breaking out, I have my doubts that our current crop could replicate what he does, but lets say your favorite between Golden and Williams can and does.  You'll still have to pay them the premium contract.  Are you unwilling to sign any receiver to a premium contract?Saying 80M is a little disengenous.  His actual cap will be higher, but his guaranteed number will be lower. Only Justin Jefferson got a guarantee at signing of over 80M.  Ja'Marr Chase did not (73.9).  Jaxon Smith-Njigba did not (69.1).Looking at Jaxon, which we at least have an idea of what his contract might look like.  Let's say Watson is 80-90% the receiver he is.  That's roughly 55-62M guaranteed at signing.  Jax has a 6 year contract, meaning the guarantee is 9-10.3M per year in cap.  I'd expect the base salaries in year 1 and 2 to be identical.  At 1.25M, I suspect it's vet minimum?  That means for 2 years, Watson would count roughly 3.3 and 4.8 percent of the cap.  After that, it does get fuzzy, but the is likely to explode with the coming re-negotiating of the TV deals.</blockquote>

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