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Originally Posted by Preds
Honestly, I'm still stunned that Jeremy declined to match Marvin. I'm equally surprised the league as a whole allowed him to sell so cheap (relatively speaking). 1850 for a guy that's consistently been top 5 is a bargain IMO. Maybe Indy, we'll slow down, maybe Marv will slow down with age, maybe Stokley or Wayne will further hurt his numbers, maybe an injury will happen... I don't know, but that's an awful lot of maybes for a guy who has been extremely consistent year to year.
I understand that Chad Johnson has upside, but his upside is Harrison's downside (IMO). Add in the facts that he's $50 more than Marvin (which might have resulted in a better compensatory pick), and that a division rival would get Marvin.... shoulda been an easy decision... I just totally expected that Jake would be getting CJ.
In the end though, I'm extremely happy to land Marvin, and as you all could see in the news release, he's just as happy to be joining the leagues premier franchise! ;)
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Tough decision, but I could see this going either way. Marvin has a number of things working against him. The Colts had an all time season in 2004, they are most likely not going to repeat their performance, so logic dictates Marvins numbers will drop as well. Marvin age leads one to conclude that his numbers should start to decline (at some point they have to, right?). CJ on the otherhand is a commodity on the rise. I disagree that CJ's upside is Marvin's downside. I wouldn't be surprised to see at all CJ outscore Marvin if not this year, then next, and we all know this isn't a one year league.
Bottom line, if I could only have one in 2005, I'd take Marvin, but if I was looking long term, CJ isn't a bad deal IMHO.