Opportunity for McCants?

I'd be surprised if McCants makes the roster this year.

I agree, I won't be surprised if he doesn't even make it to training camp

Brown was a mid-season pick-up that another team (I think Buffalo) had cut, and is another small, fast receiver, which we have plenty of. The only way I see them keeping him is if they cut Morton and keep him solely as a returner/ emergency wide-out.
McCants has the other attributes that give him an edge, but I see what FRPLG means....I don't know who he would beat out, so he would end up as the 5th, almost always inactive receiver again....and that's if they don't draft a WR. That's why I said I could see them going with Thrash or Jacobs as the posession guy.

Another thing to consider...McCants cap number this year. He'll be making far too much money to be cut before June 1. After that his release fee is 667 this year and next. It'd be nice to trade him for a bag of balls aftre June 1 but that won't happen.

Brown was a mid-season pick-up that another team (I think Buffalo) had cut, and is another small, fast receiver, which we have plenty of. The only way I see them keeping him is if they cut Morton and keep him solely as a returner/ emergency wide-out.
McCants has the other attributes that give him an edge, but I see what FRPLG means....I don't know who he would beat out, so he would end up as the 5th, almost always inactive receiver again....and that's if they don't draft a WR. That's why I said I could see them going with Thrash or Jacobs as the posession guy.


Rest assured one way or the other Brown is staying he's not just another fast reciever, he's the fastest, and he's electrifying on kick return's the guy stop's and go's on a dime. Morton should be gone I don't see the need for him we have better at every position he play's, possibly we keep him for depth but that's it.

Maybe Crazy Canuck can tell us how much cap space we can recover by cutting Mccants.

I'm not even sold on needing to draft a WR in the first round anymore. While nobody in the trio of Moss/Patten/Jacobs (who I believe to be our 3 best WR's) or James Thrash has ideal size, I think adding another WR to the mix is just going to makes things too crowded. I think that 9 pick could be used better on a Guard or even a pass rushing DE. Edwards/Williams are both going to be gone by 9 anyways, and I don't see another WR worthy of the 9 pick.

Gibbs will likely not carry more than 5 WRs.

Then why draft one? We do have other pressing needs. :oink:

I'm not even sold on needing to draft a WR in the first round anymore. While nobody in the trio of Moss/Patten/Jacobs (who I believe to be our 3 best WR's) or James Thrash has ideal size, I think adding another WR to the mix is just going to makes things too crowded. I think that 9 pick could be used better on a Guard or even a pass rushing DE. Edwards/Williams are both going to be gone by 9 anyways, and I don't see another WR worthy of the 9 pick.

Welcome to the board, nice username!

I'm not even sold on needing to draft a WR in the first round anymore. While nobody in the trio of Moss/Patten/Jacobs (who I believe to be our 3 best WR's) or James Thrash has ideal size, I think adding another WR to the mix is just going to makes things too crowded. I think that 9 pick could be used better on a Guard or even a pass rushing DE. Edwards/Williams are both going to be gone by 9 anyways, and I don't see another WR worthy of the 9 pick.

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Welcome to the board, and I agree completely. Wide receiver as a draft priority just took a hit, and even the fourth wideout in this offense didn't see much action. A rookie-fifth wideout will be lucky to have a spot on the team bus.

Then why draft one [WR]? We do have other pressing needs. :oink:
Exactly what I've been thinking! Who would be cut to make room? Thrash? Jacobs? I don't think so....Thrash is the consumate pro and a special teams playmaker, and Jacobs could really emerge this year, not to mention that he made a few big plays on ST last year also.
They may decide to just let McCants go to give him the opportunity to play more somewhere else, instead of being inactive for just about every game. I could see them drafting a WR, but in a later round to groom for a couple years from now.