Jerricho Cotchery Possibly Available
by Sleezy83 on Aug 1, 2011 1:56 PM CDT
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National Football Post is reporting that Jerricho Cotchery, wide receiver and 7-year vet for the New York Jets, might become available. At 6' tall and 208lbs, Cotchery isn't the looming vertical flyer that Sidney Rice was, but he enjoyed decent numbers with the Jets before they added Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards. With both of those guys likely staying, and Plaxico Burress joining the team, Cotchery might be jettisoned to free up cap space.
Is he worth a look? Frankly, I think he is. With an unproven receiver in Michael Jenkins, a disappointing one in Berrian, and a whole lot of unknowns filling out our depth at WR, I'm inclined to hope they go out and pick Cotchery up, should he become available.
Only problem is, the Jets are looking to get a high (possibly first-round) draft pick for him. I'm not sure we can afford to squander a first-rounder when it can be spent on a solid young playmaker next year.
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Don't think
We would want him. If we did trade for him, who would he replace? Berrian? Then it’s a lateral move at best.
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Nah, I’d just like to see some more competition at WR in Minnesota. Berrian can stay, but I really think he needs to be pushed in order to be a contributing offensive weapon. Just go to the guy’s website and you’ll see how he thinks of himself. At least make him compete against a player like Cotchery, who’s solid and hard-working (and who also seems to prefer giving back to the community than promoting himself).
Is he worth a high draft pick? I don’t know about that. Maybe a third-rounder at the highest, but we all know the Jets will ask too much for him anyway.
It might be worth kicking the tires if he is released
but no way is he worth a 1st round pick. If he played behind Edwards, who we decided not to pursue as an unrestricted FA, why would we trade for him?
How is Jenkins unproven?
He has put up decent numbers as a number 2 for several years. Cotchery is not worth a draft pick with Edwards and Floyd free.
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Jenkins is a former first-round pick and has never topped 800 yards receiving in a season. That includes the past three seasons with Matt Ryan at the helm. So he’s unproven in the sense that we need a #1 receiver and Michael Jenkins hasn’t put up the numbers in seven seasons to show he can be that guy.
Crotchery has at least been putting up 800-900 yard seasons (with 1,000-yard season to his credit) since 2006, with fairly decent TD numbers. Last year, he only had 433 yards receiving, but that was due to Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards taking over most of the receiving duties.
Again, I’m not saying we trade anything for him, and part of me would rather take Edwards too. But Crotchery produces, and if he gets cut (a possibility considering NOBODY is going to give up a high draft pick for the guy), I think Minnesota should investigate. He’d be a prime age receiver with good numbers who at least deserves a chance to compete for a top spot in somebody’s receiver corps. Might as well be ours. :)
NO NO NO
The Vikings don’t need to sell the farm for second-rate talent. Spending a 1st round pick for a guy who’s on par with BB is just insane.
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by DCPurple on Aug 1, 2011 5:23 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Don't trade for him
but he could be a good free agent pickup if he gets released. Cotchery has always been a gamer
Are you kidding?
Not even worth looking for a first rd pick. We need to be in the business of acquiring picks not trading them away. Especially with the upcoming draft.
Just wanted to pop in and say...
…Jerricho Cotchery was released. :) So instead of having to burn a draft pick, Minnesota could pick him up for the cost of his contract. But with their cap woes, is it worth cutting some undrafted free agents to make room for a solid 29-year old receiver? How many of these guys are they gonna cut anyway?
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