Juju to Patriots

[RunKC]

Breaking: FA WR JuJu Smith-Schuster is signing with the #Patriots , sources tell @theScore

Only 26 years old, the 2018 Pro Bowler comes off a strong season for the #Chiefs, with 78/933/3.

— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) March 15, 2023

3 years $33 million.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by New World Order

How could juju ever match Watson’s monstrous 500 yard season?

As a 4th or 5th receiver? Agreed, probably pretty hard.

[Balto]

Maybe after week 1? At that point his contract wouldn't be guaranteed.

[raybec 4]

Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger

Lol the funny thing is Juju is actually younger than Watson and the fact is he's much better than Watson. And Andy obviously believes that as we saw how he treated both receivers when both were on the same roster .

Juju WAS better than Watson. Now, who knows? He isn't going to start ahead of
Browm ,Rice or Worthy and he doesn't play special teams. That's a waste of a spot.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by ToxSocks

There is no room on the roster for him. Period. Having him siphon snaps from Worthy/Rice/Brown would be a major **** up, and he's not going to supplant Watson who offers more play making ability.

He doesn't ST.

And packing declining vets on the back end of a roster instead of young developmental ones is shit bad teams do.

Especially not in this iteration of the offense.

The Chiefs are clearly looking to open things up a bit; use more 11 personnel and spread the field a little more.

They simply ran a way different offense around JJSS. And in that setup they had a 2 years younger Kelce doing more WR things. Now they're trying to ask their WRs to do WR things and Kelce do more of the possession stuff to keep him fresh.

They're clearly getting away from what they did in 2022 that allowed JJSS to be successful here. And to whatever extent they would've used him underneath and for YAC stuff like they did in 2022, Rice has taken over that role.

The team has moved on.

The fans should as well.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by raybec 4

Juju WAS better than Watson. Now, who knows? He isn't going to start ahead of
Browm ,Rice or Worthy and he doesn't play special teams. That's a waste of a spot.

Watson can do more in this offense as currently contemplated than JuJu can.

If you want to put the guy on the PS to hang around in the event that Rice gets hurt - fine. Whatever.

But that's all he is. He's a strict backup for Rice. He doesn't serve any other function here. He doesn't complement anybody else in this WR room or on this roster.

Meanwhile everyone else that's going to make the team will. They can serve a purpose WITH Rice and Kelce on the field.

In order for JJSS to be valuable, both of those guys have to be hurt.

[UChieffyBugger]

Originally Posted by ToxSocks

And yet he can't run like Watson or get open downfield like Watson. When he was in KC he was effectively treated like a TE.

If you were talking about the Olympics then I'd agree. But Juju is the better WR and it's not close. Watson has never had a 70 plus yard game in his entire nfl career despite playing with Brady and Mahomes. He's the very definition of a jag.

[UChieffyBugger]

Originally Posted by raybec 4

Juju WAS better than Watson. Now, who knows? He isn't going to start ahead of
Browm ,Rice or Worthy and he doesn't play special teams. That's a waste of a spot.

He can rotate with Rice and be effective imo. His last game for the Pats he got 90 plus yards with a terrible QB. Watson has played with Brady and Pat and hasn't had a 70 yard game. Juju is better.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger

You keep going on about his knees when there is simply no proof whatsoever that that is an issue. Last year his injuries were concussion and ankle. So why do you keep talking about knees?

Furthermore players are released for different reasons. Odell Beckham was also released. Bottom line is Juju knows our system and was a key part of us winning a ring just two years ago. He's is now 27 years old and is better than most of the wideouts in our receiver room so IF HE PASSES A MEDICAL why wouldn't we sign him on a vet min? I honestly can't fathom why you hate Juju so much. It's plain weird imo.

Lol, no proof. Except his knees were an issue TWO YEARS AGO. And he was having some kind of issue last season as well. Missed a half dozen or so games, no? And there's a well-documented trail of his knee issues over his career. You saying his knees are healed now?

And why are you bringing up OBJ? Are you just going to bring up any player that got released ever in the history of the NFL? Maybe you should do that now, instead of making us wait for each one separately. Save all of us some time.

And this isn't about whether I like JJSS or not. I don't really care. The question should be "why are you so high on him?"

The issue should be why NE would release a WR that exactly fits their needs (assuming his knees have miraculously healed as you say), that they can easily afford, and should be worth his weight in gold, if he's as good-to-go as you say.

I mean, this is NFL roster-building 101; rookie QB needs security blanket, NE had one in JJSS in-house for cheap, but chose to throw him away?

But you can't give me a good reason as to why NE would throw away what they desperately need in 2024. You're just cheerleading for JuJu, using his performance in a single game at the end of last season as 'evidence' when they were playing for absolutely nothing.

If you can produce a single reason why NE would throw away what they actually needed, besides his historical knee issues, he might be interesting.

Otherwise, Occam's Razor applies.