Month: April 2020

This year, we obviously don’t have a ton of draft capital. However, I think covid could be beneficial to us. Typically in the months leading up to the draft, players climb up the boards from their pro days or individual workouts. With that off the table, some talented players could end up being there for us later than they normally would. I don’t know if we are even potentially looking for another WR but some of these players that would go mid round, due to their pro days, could drop to us in later rounds.

No one really knows what’s going to happen. I assume most draft evaluations are being based off of game tape. I think this is like the Wild West and it could really benefit us. This really depends on our coaching staffs ability to find talent with limited resources. Anyway, what are your thoughts?

https://overthecap.com/position/wide-receiver/2020/

Not sure if there is a better way to look at this, but I was curious at what WRs across the league were making and was not surprised when I noticed Hopkins is making the 14th most… only 2m more than Fuller. Completely understand why he wants a raise closer to 18m-20m.

Some other interesting WR cap hits for 2020:

AJ Green 18.1m

Chiefs have 34m going to 2 receivers, Hill and Watkins

Keenan Allen 12.6m

Diggs at 11.5m (seems like a cheaper contract, does that give any reason to why the Vikings got so much for him?)

Cooks 8m/ Cobb 6.1m

As I am trying to better understand the WR landscape from a potential pay/trade value perspective, this definitely helped me out a bit. I’m still on the fence about this trade but need to wait until the end of the season at the earliest.

What are other realistic alternatives to the Hopkins trade you think could have happened?