The Broncos reached out to the Dolphins about Waddle at the deadline. They wanted a first. That’s too much for him. Would they be willing to take less? If so, his contract may not work for Denver.
The Broncos reached out to the Dolphins about Waddle at the deadline. They wanted a first. That’s too much for him. Would they be willing to take less? If so, his contract may not work for Denver.
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“If the price is right” is a dead giveaway that he’s not worth it. The price will never be right.
I feel like if we bring in a new WR they have to be superstar elite level. We have a room with a bunch of guys who are good but not elite. Waddle is great but not elite and wouldn’t justify at least in my eyes the cost it would take to get him. Plus we have 2 speedster types in Mims and Franklin, not sure if we need another. But if we go out and get Pickens or AJ Brown (even though their attitudes wouldn’t match the locker room) I could understand the reason a little better.
You get what you pay for
The only WRs I could argue we would be justified in spending a bunch for would be Jefferson or Chase
Why trade for Waddle? Why not just sign Tyreek to a 1yr prove it deal loaded with incentives? It would be less expensive
All your responses are valid. Just threw it out there for conversation. I think Waddle will cost too much in a trade and we don’t need another Russell Wilson
Yes. Give up that 30th pick for him if you have to.
I wish we would trade for a true #1 not a guy who could be a #1 in the right situation.
I think a lot of it depends upon how draft boards begin to shape up
To me the only WRs that will make an immediate impact are Tate, Tyson, and Lemon. I don’t love Tyson because Payton wants his WRs to run block and Tyson is weak there, I’m afraid it’ll eat into his snaps and telegraph run vs. pass. Tate and Lemon won’t be anywhere near 30 obviously. Boston is another Sutton/Bryant sort after them. Concepcion has drop concerns which is the last thing I think this WR room needs to add. Everyone from there on down is a project piece in some way or another and my advocated project is a day 2 pick in Nyck Harbor if we’re doing that, but I don’t think he’s going to have a Justin Jefferson type rookie year still.
So with all that said who is there at 30, or who can we reach up and acquire realistically? This team still needs depth in a lot of areas and can’t afford to short themselves on a lot of picks after just recovering from the Russ trade. I don’t really know if an impact playmaker on offense is there at 30, so if the team can get one via trade with that 30th pick instead I think they need to consider it
That said Waddle isn’t worth a first IMO, but they could look into other options as the draft nears
Send the first
No idea what his value is at this point but the chances of us hitting on a true #1 in the draft is almost zero. We BADLY need a #1 to come in here and make a difference.
We squeaked by in a lot of games last year where I think had we had an elite WR would’ve been much more comfortable wins.
Jaylen waddle is a top 8-10 receiver we haven’t had any one near his level in years. He gets under rated because of his qb play and he has been over shadowed by tyreek hill. If you go look at his stats he’s one of the best wrs in football and at his age one of the best for his age ever. I would gladly have given up 30 and 90 for him in October. We would have been in the Super Bowl easily.
A second rounder is probably worth it, not a first.
Honestly I don’t think so, he’s not the type of guy we need. He’s a burner and we already have Mims and Franklin to take the top off the D.
We need a true #1, someone who is a vacuum in the red zone, take a curl for 50 and can catch those intermediate routes over the middle and on the outside.
I’d rather try and peel BTJ from the jags than Waddle
No. If folks want to stay away from JK and Walker due to their injury history, then Waddle makes no sense.
I would only give up that 1st for Garrett Wilson or Justin Jefferson.
He’s an injury waiting to happen
Oh man it’s gonna be a long off season
This sub is really obsessed with getting big names rather than good fits. We don’t need another low end WR1/high end WR2 like Waddle. Franklin can grow into that type of player. If we’re trading for a reciever it should be for a true alpha and the only available alpha is AJ Brown. If that doesn’t float your boat we should be going for an elite role player type of reciever and go with an offensive philosophy that looks to overwhelm corners further down teams depth charts. That’s getting Alec Pierce as an elite deep threat or Mike Evans as an ultra reliable 2nd option
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