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Originally Posted by Pagal4321
I think Maclin is going to get a huge pay day simply because Dez & Demaryius will get franchised or re-signed, leaving Maclin as the only "#1 WR" in free agency. Cobb is more of a secondary threat in the slot.
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Yep, and I think someone's going to overpay to get him. I'd like to see the Eagles re-sign him, but they screwed up big time on the Cooper contract last year and now their hands are kind of tied. They do have cap space, but they need to start handing out extensions to guys like Kendricks and Cox and can't afford to have so much money tied up at the WR position, especially since they're going to need to rebuild the secondary through free agency if they want to win before the offensive line is too old. I'd be perfectly fine with them letting Maclin and signing Crabtree.
Crabtree
GP REC YDS AVG TD
77-347-4327-12.5-26
Maclin
73-343-4771-13.9-36
Their career numbers are very similar, and Maclin has had the advantage of playing for two offensive-minded coaches in Kelly and Reid, whereas Crabtree has played in a very conservative offence for his entire career. He's also likely going to be a steal due to the fact that his numbers were down this year, which I think can be attributed to his injury troubles (still don't think he was fully healed from his achilles tear last year) and awful QB play.