QuahHawk
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Which WR would you rather have for the price
This is exactly how i feel, both are at there respective value in the market, Harvin in most people's eye is versatile, therefore he is more expensive, but Cruz as a WR is very productive. And the compound, i feel like that is what happening to good teams who overpay in FA, end up sucking that seaon because they will then lose several key role players(ex. Bills, Cowboys, even 9ers in a way, and next year we will know the affect of having Harvin when we have plenty of key role players as FA next season.Seahawk Sailor":2ab8gli9 said:Harvin, but Cruz isn't that much behind him for that price. The more talent we accrue for less money leaves us the ability to bring in even more talent. It compounds, and that's worth a lot.
The reason the Giants don't have to invest in WR is one, Eli somehow can make throws, maybe not accurate but somehow it gets there. Two, Tom Coughlin was a former WR coach, so he knows his WR and what he wants, for god sakes Cruz was a undrafted FA like Baldwin. Coughlin knows his WR i guess, just a coincidence that the Giants have had a stellar WR corp for awhile now, how many clutch catches and superbowls, crazy.pehawk":wtxywaec said:I think Eli makes Cruz...NOT the other way around. Eli will always throw for 3,500-4,000...somebody's got to catch them. There's a reason the Giants dont invest in their WR's, they dont have to.
The Hawks will be that way in a year or two. They'll realize Wilson's going to get his yards.
Snohomie":37miewo2 said:I'm not sure I disagree that Eli can make a WR, but I disagree that the Giants haven't invested at WR. First, they gave Eli Plaxico Burress and Amani Toomer (and Shockey, who was as much WR as TE). Pretty good targets for a new QB, though Toomer was on the decline. Then, they spent a first on Hakeem Nicks (one of my favorite WRs) to replace Plax and just spent a 2nd last year on another WR I love, Rueben Randle (bias alert: LSU is my 2nd favorite team in CFB). Not to mention several midround guys. Eli has always had good targets. That said, I think Cruz is a poor man's Harvin, and with a real QB like Eli Harvin would put up monstrous numbers (hell, he was doing so with Christian Ponder).
Sure, we'd benefit from the extra 5 mil, but I don't think our future cap situation is as dire as some think. I'd rather have the better player for RW's development. Cruz is more reliable, from a personality and a health perspective, but Harvin gives you the higher reward.
CALIHAWK1":jw1iz0it said:Harvin. Cruz has never been called the best player in the NFL.