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Jakeem Grant signs new 4 year deal!

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by dolfan40, Aug 20, 2019.

  1. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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  2. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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  3. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Happy..one of of the hardest working, most talented players on the roster..
     
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  4. DolphinGreg

    DolphinGreg Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I feel like if this guy came up through the Chiefs organization he'd be a star by now. Oh, well...hope he can stay healthy and be the guy we all imagine him being.

    I will also commend Chris Grier. He's improved this roster since taking over. This team keeps collecting guys who are not only talented but also the types of players we're generally happy to root for.
     
  5. Surfs Up 99

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    I wish Grier could ID OL talent like he can WR talent.
     
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  6. Tin Indian

    Tin Indian Rockin' The Bottom End Club Member

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    LOL. Right!

    Seriously though, It's about darn time they started resigning/extending guys before they get to the contract year.
    It's been ridiculous watching the way contracts have been handled in Miami, basically ensuring we wouldn't be able to keep guys we should.
     
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  7. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    I guess we'll find out soon enough what the details on the contract are. Grant is great as a return man, and I would presume that if the team is giving him an extension, they're satisfied that he's recovered from last season's injury. However, I don't ever want him to be relied on too heavily on offense. Little bits here and there as a change up is great, but I always want him to be no higher than the 4th WR.
     
  8. Tin Indian

    Tin Indian Rockin' The Bottom End Club Member

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    With him being "vertically challenged" He will never be a #1 or #2 option. He is dynamic and a home run threat every time he gets the ball. Fast and Shifty and once he is going he can be hard to find in traffic. I would love if he could get 2 or 3 touches a game outside his return duties.
     
  9. KeyFin

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    I've loved him since day one and have been his biggest fan, but I'm kind of surprised he got the extension. He really is lightning in a bottle though and maybe he gets more touches this season!
     
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  10. Tin Indian

    Tin Indian Rockin' The Bottom End Club Member

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    I have a hard time getting down on any of our receivers production (well except Parker) given the garbage we've had at QB.
    Once we do finally get it these guys will all look much better.

    Glad they got it done!
     
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  11. Galant

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  12. DolphinGreg

    DolphinGreg Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I'm with you on the QB play being lackluster, but in general I think most of the top WRs get their numbers more as a function of the play-book rather than the QB. So I'm not sure the numbers are going to change a ton in Miami outside of someone like Grant just playing in more games (assuming he's healthy).

    I think Miami is in a situation where there are just too many mouths to feed. We're trying to spread the ball around between guys we know can play (i.e. Drake, Stills & Wilson) while at the same time we're asking for more out of the other guys like Grant, Parker and Gesicki.

    You can't have 4 WRs all getting exceptional production. If either of those last 3 had a big year I'd be pretty happy. I'd rather have 1 of those 3 be a stand-out than have all 3 be *meh* kind of players. So I'm hoping either Grant or Gesicki does something special this year.

    EDIT: Oh yeah, and now we're worried about Preston Williams hopping into the mix as well!
     
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  13. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    It'll be interesting to see how that's structured. I'd imagine that the team can get out of it after two years if they want to. Pending what happens on the field this season, this probably isn't good news for Albert Wilson sticking around either.
     
  14. Not So Fast

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    Mighty Mouse gets a mighty contract!
     
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  15. The_Dark_Knight

    The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth

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    He makes Jarvis Landry he’s running backwards. I’m with you key, I love this kid. He is really something special
     
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  16. Destroyer

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    I personally like this guy but I don't like the contract. Hopefully he has a huge year and makes me eat my words.
     
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  17. Galant

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  18. tirty8

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    I feel like we almost need to look at this signing as more of a Devin Hester signing than a WR signing. I don't exactly know if this guy will ever be a top 3 WR on the team, but will be around situationally and on special teams. His return ability shortens the field, and there are gonna be some bonus TDs because of him. Honestly, for a much as we struggle to score, there might be some value there.
     
  19. Unlucky 13

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    I think that's really the only way to look at it and be realistic.
     
  20. KeyFin

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    I mean, if you look at his touches and average per catch...or yards after the catch...he's been at the very top of the league two seasons in a row. He's a guy who plays 6 snaps a game and generally scores on one of them; I don't see how anyone can complain about his production. It's FANTASTIC you can keep a guy's snap count that low and he can still change ballgames.
     
  21. adamprez2003

    adamprez2003 Senior Member

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    Exactly. Love the guy's potential but we just gave the guy 6 million per year for a guy who averaged 150 yards per year. This contract is idiotic. No one was going to offer him 6 million other than us
     
  22. adamprez2003

    adamprez2003 Senior Member

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    This is probably the best rationalization of the signing I have read.
     
  23. Pauly

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    One way of looking at is 2.6% of his returns go for TDs and 11.8% of his receptions go for TDs.

    I haven’t looked at league averages but my gut feeling is that his productivity, when he is given the ball, is elite. There are good reasons why he hasn’t had so many touches as a receiver, but we only need to target him 3 or 4 times a game to force opposing Ds to spend considerable time scheming how to stop him.
     
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  24. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    Kyle over at DolphinsWire writes:

    https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/2...e-to-send-message-with-contract-negotiations/

    "This approach by the Dolphins front office is a continuation of the approach they took with Xavien Howard. It is a deliberate effort to “take care” of their own before the temptation of greener pastures ever enters the mind of their young talent...

    ...If one thrives on the field, the Dolphins appear eager and willing to lock players in. Building through the draft requires this level of commitment to the vision the Dolphins initially had in their players. And it’s a big step in the right direction for the franchise."

    I hope this general (common sense) approach is true, but they failed to do this with JaWuan James two years ago. I can only hope that was Tannenbaum's doing and not Grier's, or at the very least, if it was Grier, that he's learned from his mistakes.

    I am happy to see Grant retained.
     
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  25. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    This is just smart football extending Jakeem Grant..Front office 101 stuff..
     
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  26. Fin D

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    It may indicate that the current coaching staff has BIG plans for him this year.
     
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  27. Deus ex dolphin

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    With the rising salary cap, this isn't a big contract by any means. I think it also means they have plans to get Grant more involved in the offense. Few teams can cover him deep with just one guy so he also creates opportunities for others when he is on the field.

    I wish this forward thinking had been applied to the OL.
     
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  28. KeyFin

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    That's sort of what I thought too- didn't Landry want north of $15M (and actually got it from Cleveland...)?!?

    The way I see it, Grant + a few yards of space = TD almost every time. And since he led the league in time to separation last year (him and Wilson both), he usually has that few yards of space. Will he ever be the guy who's targeted 20 passes a game? Probably not. But I see big things in his future and its only a matter of time before he has his 1st 3 TD day.
     
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  29. adamprez2003

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    hopefully
     
  30. Destroyer

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    Makes the Hartline contract look great.
     
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  31. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Projection and contracts, you just have to trust your projections..
     
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  32. Unlucky 13

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    Here's the rundown of Grant's total contract now:

    2019: 1.36m cap hit
    2020: 4.38m cap hit / 2.40m dead money hit
    2021: 4.75m cap hit / 1.80m dead money hit
    2022: 4.90m cap hit / 1.20m dead money hit
    2023: 5.07m cap hit / 0.60m dead money hit

    So, he's a well paid return man and deep ball guy on a team that has a crapton of cap room to play with the next few years. However, there's never a point where the team can't simply decide to walk away from him pretty painlessly if they choose to as well. Not bad for the club.
     
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  33. invid

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    Totally agree, he's a threat to score every time he gets the ball in his hands, and he's one of those guys that works hard and galvanizes the team. In other words, totally worth the gamble- the contract is relatively harmless anyways.
     
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