kerouac9
Klowned by Keim
What's changed is I expect them to draft iDL in the 1st 3 rounds in a good iDL class. Collier fills out the unit. If we resign Collier it has to be at vet min with limited guarantees so he can be cut later.
Dortch did nothing until the very end of the season. He doesn't really suit the role they want him to play because he isn't quick, so they can't use him as a gadget guy and he has super limited production as basically the 4th receiving option. 5th if you include Conner.
I actually think he's a decent player and can do better elsewhere and we can do better by replacing him with someone quicker. 5' 7" slot guys just don't really work for Kyler.
Oh so nothing's changed. Got it.
I'm no Dortch fan, but you don't actually improve as a team unless and until someone gets beaten out of a job by someone better. In fact, Dortch was beating others out of a job at the end of the season to get on the field/get targets.
The projected Right of First Refusal RFA tender is $3.2 million. That's slightly more than what DeeJay Dallas is going to make next year. I'm fine with that for a below-average #3 and a fine #4 WR.
As much as I beat up on him, he has a place on the team with the money he makes. Returner and 5 or so offensive snaps, mainly on 3rd and long drag underneath route he excels in with getting his YAC.
Sample sizes are hard to draw meaningful conclusions from, but people begging for a better YAC option in this offense are really asking to Light the Dortch. Dortch's average depth of target was a sad 4.1 yards -- 1.3 yards on receptions. But he averaged almost eight YAC per reception.
And I think he can sub in all three positions in the offense. That has value.