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“Retired” TE Ben Watson considering Bills among other teams,****SIGNED WITH PATS


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6 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

 

 

 

We have to many Tight Ends already, they are spilling out the door into the parking lot, causing a huge mess

 

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Get ready for one more.

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32 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Almost half those yards were from his last season with the Saints, 3 years ago.  Over the past 2 seasons he's amassed 922 yards and 6 TD's, and had 400 and 2 last year. 

 

Suffice it to say that at 38 years old his prime is in the rear view mirror.  And his prime was never that prime.

 

922 yards in 2 seasons is good output doc.  Who’s the guy on the roster with those numbers?

 

Your original statement was stone cold wrong.

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3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Plenty of...what?  2 are rookies (1 might make the team), 1 is a 2nd round bust at T who has never had an NFL pass thrown at him.  The other 2 are barely TE 2 or 3's.

While our TE room is underwhelming, I can’t believe you, of all people, would be banging the table for a 39 year old TE that was bleh with Drew Brees throwing him the ball.  

 

Im glad he’s back with the Pats and not in buffalo.  The only thing he’d be good for imo, is texting the kids around the ropes.  

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http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26709650/te-watson-join-pats-one-year-deal

Veteran tight end Benjamin Watson is putting his retirement on hold, and he's coming home to do it. The New England Patriotsintend to sign the 38-year-old Watson -- one of their first-round draft choices in 2004 -- to a one-year deal worth up to $3 million, sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter.

 

Think him missing NFC Championship Game made a difference in Saints losing to Rams?

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Good leader. Interesting for a year with him and Gore. Good veteran presence is not a bad thing with a young QB.

 

Edit: He’s washed up. Glad he’s with the Pats.

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4 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

922 yards in 2 seasons is good output doc.  Who’s the guy on the roster with those numbers?

 

Your original statement was stone cold wrong.

 

He's been a middling TE who has bounced-around a lot.  My statement was less wrong than you including his outlying career-season 3 years ago with the Saints was disingenuous. 

 

And 462 yards a season the past 2 years is bottom half of the league.  But more concerning is that his trend over the past 3 years had been going the wrong way and he'll be close to 39 years old when the season starts.

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32 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

He's been a middling TE who has bounced-around a lot.  My statement was less wrong than you including his outlying career-season 3 years ago with the Saints was disingenuous. 

 

And 462 yards a season the past 2 years is bottom half of the league.  But more concerning is that his trend over the past 3 years had been going the wrong way and he'll be close to 39 years old when the season starts.

 

 

You said "his prime has long since passed".

 

That was easily proven incorrect as he has been productive for the past 3 seasons despite his age.

 

His "past 2 years" have yielded more yards than any of the bums they have on the roster right now.  He still had 11+ YPC last year.

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45 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

You said "his prime has long since passed".

 

That was easily proven incorrect as he has been productive for the past 3 seasons despite his age.

 

His "past 2 years" have yielded more yards than any of the bums they have on the roster right now.  He still had 11+ YPC last year.

Numbers are fun and so are sample sizes.

 

That said, why don’t we look at his production  over the past 5 seasons. His average goes way down. He only had 136 yards in 2014, so he could regress. I hope he regresses at least. 

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2 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

You said "his prime has long since passed".

 

That was easily proven incorrect as he has been productive for the past 3 seasons despite his age.

 

His "past 2 years" have yielded more yards than any of the bums they have on the roster right now.  He still had 11+ YPC last year.

He's a high character guy but old.  May or may not be a good pickup for you guys.  I don't see a ton of risk.

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On 5/9/2019 at 7:43 AM, PirateHookerMD said:

Id rather see what Knox, Croom, Sweeney, etc can do than sign a 1 year guy who's 38/39.

 

Makes more sense for the Pats than for us. 

They can have his old ass- easier for us to lock them down this year

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11 hours ago, Nick the Greek said:

Numbers are fun and so are sample sizes.

 

That said, why don’t we look at his production  over the past 5 seasons. His average goes way down. He only had 136 yards in 2014, so he could regress. I hope he regresses at least. 

 

I sampled the entirety of his last three seasons to show his productivity at this point in time.

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12 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

You said "his prime has long since passed".

 

That was easily proven incorrect as he has been productive for the past 3 seasons despite his age.

 

His "past 2 years" have yielded more yards than any of the bums they have on the roster right now.  He still had 11+ YPC last year.

 

Actually I erred.  That season was 4 years ago.  I forgot that he got injured and had to miss the following season.   And it was obviously an outlier and you're not really "in your prime" at at 34 when you're a TE. 

 

As for his production that past 2 years compared to the Bills' TE's, big deal.  At his age things are trending downward.  I'd rather see what the younger guys can do. 

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