Bargain Bin Finds (veteran’s minimum to $2 million per year)
- Nelson Agholor, Philadelphia Eagles
- Geronimo Allison, Green Bay Packers
- Seth Roberts, Baltimore Ravens
- Phillip Dorsett, New England Patriots
The players available in this tier are those who flamed out with their first stops in the NFL. Agholor’s too-low yards per reception rate (9.3) combines with a poor catch rate (56.5%) to paint an ugly picture. Some of that is due to inaccurate quarterback, but much of the blame has to fall on his shoulders for not catching the ball when it’s thrown to him. Geronimo Allison’s catch rate is slightly better (61.8%), but his yards per catch (8.4) is somehow worse. Dorsett rounds out the trio by having caught as many touchdown passes as both combined (5), and having made up for his low catch rate (53.7%) with a respectable 13.7 yards gained per reception. The Saints signing any of these three would be essentially giving Brees the scraps that quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady couldn’t win with.
We’d be wrong to overlook Roberts, though. He only caught 21 passes last season, picking up 12.9 yards at a time, but he did convert on a first down on 18 of these receptions (85.7%). There’s something to be said for signing someone with that kind of stellar situational awareness, even if he was an afterthought in a razor-thin receiving corps. But hopefully the Saints can pick up a player with more big-play capability.
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