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Showing posts with label Free Agency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Agency. Show all posts

Sunday, March 8, 2026

2026 Free Agent Options At Receiver

In the 2022 NFL draft, there were a handful of players I wanted the Patriots to draft. Jerreth Sterns out of Kentucky (out of the NFL), and current free agents Jahan Dotson and  Romeo Dobbs. Sterns getting a workout with McDaniels isn't likely to happen but the other two would allow the Patriots to draft a developmental number one. Here's a refresher on Dotson and Dobbs.

Jahan Dotson | WR | Philadelphia Eagles → 2026 Free Agent
Height: 5'11" | Weight: 184 lbs | Draft: 2022, Round 1, Pick 16 (Washington Commanders) | Alignment Type: Slot / Z

Dotson was originally drafted by Washington, then traded to Philadelphia in 2024, where he operated as a depth piece behind A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, earning a Super Bowl ring in a limited role. The production is thin by volume: 19 receptions for 219 yards in 2024, followed by 18 receptions for 262 yards in 2025. But context is everything. He has never once been given a genuine role as a featured option. Every snap of his career has come in a system that had no obligation to feed him. His career arc has been defined more by flashes than consistency, but that's a product of opportunity deprivation, not inability.

Strengths: Elite hands with a large catch radius for his size; polished route runner with strong understanding of tempo and leverage; 4.43 speed allows him to threaten vertically from the Z alignment and avoid press at the line. Capable of acrobatic, contested catches when targeted.

Weaknesses: Undersized frame is a recurring liability against physical man coverage. 121 career receptions and 1,519 receiving yards across four seasons, the career numbers are what they are, and there is legitimate uncertainty about whether his production in a featured role would justify first-round expectations.

Role Projection: His floor is a high-end WR3 and his expectation is a legitimate WR2. He has the route-running IQ, hands, and speed to be a reliable second option in a structured passing offense with spacing and timing built in. His ceiling depends entirely on finally receiving consistent targets and a defined role, neither of which he's had since entering the league. At 25 years old, there's still time to find out.

Romeo Doubs | WR | Green Bay Packers → 2026 Free Agent
Height: 6'2" | Weight: 204 bs | Draft: 2022, Round 4, Pick 132 (Green Bay Packers) | Alignment Type: X / Z

Doubs led the Packers in receptions, targets, and receiving yards in 2025, 55 catches for 724 yards and six touchdowns on 85 targets, yet still won't be retained, due to a crowded receiver room that includes Watson, Reed, Wicks, and Golden.  He isn't leaving because he underperformed. He's leaving because Green Bay can get younger and cheaper behind him. His postseason exit was emphatic: eight catches for 124 yards and a touchdown in the Wild Card loss to Chicago, leading the Packers in every receiving category on the night. He is tied for the most career touchdown receptions among all receivers from the 2022 draft class, and became one of only three players in Packers franchise history to reach at least 40 catches, 400 yards, and three touchdowns in each of his first three seasons. The drop issues that followed him early in his career are real but trending in the right direction. He also recorded a career-high 12 receptions of 20-plus yards in 2025.

A legitimate concern worth flagging: San Francisco has already been linked to Doubs as the legal tampering window opens, which means New England isn't the only team that's noticed what he is. The market is real.

Strengths: Exceptional ball-tracking and body control; reliable in contested catch situations; consistent red-zone producer; size and stride length let him win against off-coverage on the perimeter. 202 career receptions, 2,424 yards, and 21 touchdowns in four seasons from a fourth-round pick is legitimate value.

Weaknesses: Limited YAC ability, he wins at the catch point, not beyond it. Green Bay's system spread targets across multiple receivers and lean heavily on the run game, so his true ceiling as a featured receiver remains untested.

Role Projection: His floor is a high-end WR2. His expectation is a bottom-tier WR1, he has the size, production, and red-zone reliability to function as a team's primary receiver, but without elite separation or YAC upside he profiles best alongside a strong supporting cast rather than carrying an offense alone. At 25 years old entering free agency, his best football is arguably still ahead of him.

As for Sterns, he's a pure slot guy like Edelman, Welker, and Amendola. He spent his rookie off-season with the buccaneers. Didn't make the team,  got signed in release by the Rams at the end of the 2022 season. And has been tearing it up in the CFL since. It's doubtful Winnipeg will let him out of his contract signed in February. 

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Redskins HC Ron Rivera Shares Thoughts On Signing Cam Newton

It was expected by many that Rivera and Newton would be a package deal in Washington. Newton's only really played for coach Rivera, However "Super" Cam is still a free agent.

Rivera beat around the subject and hinted he had his quarterbacks but gave no real answer on Good Morning Football this Thursday. 

“You know, the thing about Cam really is the situation …We’re in a situation where we’ve got two really young quarterbacks, one that’s been with us, been in the system, understands how we want things done and the other one is a guy who was taken last year in the first round and shows some promise.I think with Cam, and I have thought about it, I mean, it’s something that’s run through my mind, and it’s about the situation and circumstances. I’m not sure I would do it. I’m not sure if I wouldn’t do it. It depends on circumstances.”

According to Hunter Noll of clutch point "The Redskins already have Dwayne Haskins. The 22-year-old had an up-and-down rookie season in 2019, but it ended on a high note where his on-field performance was concerned."

Rivera already signed one former Panthers' quarterback, in Allen.  Newton still being a free agent this late into the off season will effectively lower his asking price, if Rivera or anyone else wants to take the risk. 

Newton is one of four starters still waiting on the free agent market, along with Joe Flacco, Andy Dalton, and Blake Bortles. 

The Redskins appear to already have their starter and backup quarterback locked up. The odds of them bringing in Newton appear low but as former Falcons HC Jerry Glanville used to say "You know what NFL stands for Not For Long!" ; NFL roster are ever evolving.

One could make the case, the reason these four have not been added to a quarterback room, is because it's about quality over quantity.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

How the Patriots can increase cap room

So many of Patriots nation thought the Pats were going into free agency with a lot of cap room. Few of us realized how many valuable Patriots were going free agent. The team is sitting around a projected $43 Million and they have a lot of players to resign and draft picks to pay.  Here is a list of players the Patriots could cut or trade to increase the salary cap room.  Doing so would save the Patriots about $16,635,974 before adjusting for dead cap. 
Corners: Jason Mccourty and D. Ross.
Defensive linemen: D. Wise and B. Cowart.
Backer: D. Rivers
Running Back: R. Burkhead 
Safety: M. Gant
Offensive Lineman: K. Cunningham
Tight End: M. Lacosse
Wide out: G. Olszewski
Quarterback: C. Kessler

The Patriots should also work to ask wide out Sanu to take a $2 Million dollar pay cut.

This won't solve all the salary issues going into 2020 but it will make them manageable. The Patriots are going to lose key free agents and fan favorites. That is inevitable and we as fans must prepare for it, instead of freaking out like we do every year. We must also prepare ourselves that we could see Brady try to break the team to get paid and be allowed to walk. 

Like with Gronk when Belichick signed Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Ben Watson to answer and fill the hole for Gronk, Bill will sign someone to replace Brady but will they stick around and will they contribute.