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I don’t think adding an over the hill WR is the solution. Go with who they have now at WR and maximize them.

Aim for 2023 production of:
Bourne 800+ yards
Thornton 800+ yards
JuJu 800+ yards
Hunter Henry 800+ yards
Parker 500+ yards

The above is all possible if they focus on maximizing their own guys.
  • Turn Thornton into a deep threat. Attack the deep corners when he beats his guys on a good release. Thornton is not good in short passing plays, keep him outside all the time.
  • Bourne is an elite intermediate guy. Multiple elite WR metrics especially attacking the middle of the field on slants/crossers
  • JuJu is the YAC short field slot WR, let him out-physical slot corners
  • Hunter Henry can be a red zone threat and 3rd down security blanket
  • Parker I don’t like but he can still get 25 yards a game.

All the above would get Mac to a possible 4000 yard passing season and 25+ TDs. All doable.

Focus on making Thornton, Bourne, Henry, JuJu productive. Don’t keep chasing some other fraud external WR solution.
 
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Have to say, if we could nab Peter Skoronski, the Northwestern OT, I'd be very pleased. That guy is a star and would fit into the Patriots with ease and he'd be another leader for years to come. He could drop as low as the 12th pick.
 
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who knew Juju and Bourne were of Samoan ancestry?

FrbZyRFWIAEfMlp
 
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chevss454 said:
who knew Juju and Bourne were of Samoan ancestry?

FrbZyRFWIAEfMlp
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I knew Bourne was
DropKickFlutie said:
Devante Parker should be last on the WR totem pole. That 58% career catch rate is terrible and half of Mac’s INTs last year were Parker targets where he didn’t fight his defender. Would only use Parker if every other WR was hurt.
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Include him in a trade package...punt.
 
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DropKickFlutie said:
Devante Parker should be last on the WR totem pole. That 58% career catch rate is terrible and half of Mac’s INTs last year were Parker targets where he didn’t fight his defender. Would only use Parker if every other WR was hurt.
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$0 cap hit. $6.2M cap space added for a WR1
 
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