So I know most of think that AJ is gawd and he can do no wrong and I generally think he is a superb GM in every single aspect except free agent signings. I am not one to push for the big free agents one bit, but as we've seen, second tier players like Steve Foley or Marlon Mcree can really come in and contribute in a big way. Point being, especially after Parker's injury we could really use some wide receiver depth, Camarillo is fine and all but I do not feel entirely comfortable with him in the line-up. By the way, McDonald, the one free agent we took a look at this offseason caught 5 balls for 146 yards, including an 83 td. Just my two cents, i can;t remember the last time a long td went to a charger reciever for over 80...maybe the snowy TD a few years ago to gates when he broke a tackle and took it the rest of the way.
With all due respect sir, that was in a pre-season game against a still porous Bengal secondary, and the second stringers at that. Over all, we can shoulda-woulda-second-guess-everything all we want...the bottom line is that we have who we have and Shaun is with the Lions. I'm going with that.
The difference with Foley and McCree is they were both expected to start, if AJ expected McDonald to start and signed him then there' a pretty darn good shot he wouldn't have drafted CD. So really who would you rather have Davis or McDonald. And even if he didn't think he'd be a starter and still planed on drafting a WR, since when do teams sign free agents WRs to be their #5 (which he would of been before Parker's injury).
With this kind of rationale you would think that Shaun McDonald is better than Chad Johnson and Marvin Harrison. One pre-season game does not define a players career.
The bigger question is "Why didn't the Pats see the awesomeness of McDonald and sign him to their harem of ball catchers?" :icon_tease:
:lol: A guy catches a WIDE open pass, and by wide open i mean no one within 25 yards of him, and all of a sudden its a huge mistake thatg we didnt sign him??? Watch the play, two defenders left him to go double team Calvin johnson running a short out pattern and forgot about McDonald, leaving him wide open. I mean Creg Camarillo or Kassim Osgood could of made that play
And as long as you don't pay attention to John Clayton's numbers about what we have remaining in cap room (which fluctuate greatly AND are often wrong), you don't get frustrated with this approach. I do like what the Patriots do in filling voids/bench spots with solid, low cost vets. There were some bench locations where I just wondered how much of a risk we were taking (though less now than two years ago). Lot less concerned now with Paul Oliver as our 4th CB/backup nickel back.
AJ signed azirallakim whatever last year. Did he even play a down? It's not beyond all comprehension that he would sign somebody at the bottom end of the depth chart, you know, "just in case.:
