I'd rather have 24 year old Romeo Doubs. Especially when you factor in DK's contract.
His production doesn't warrant anything close to $25M-$30M per year.
For all of his potential, he underperforms, in my opinion. He should be a consistent 1200-1500 yard 10 TD guy.
DK has Megatron's build, but prime Tyler Lockett production.
How much of that has to do with QB play, I'm not sure.
Not to turn this into a Kamara thread, but define elite. He hasn't lost anything from a production standpoint.
He's a 750-950 rushing yard, 60-80 reception 700+ rec yards back.
New Orleans sucks. They have no one outside of him, and he still produces. Don't be fooled.
This is a team-friendlyish deal.
Shakir is happy where he is, being in a great football city, as an integral part of the offense and playing with an elite QB.
If all goes well, he'll be 29 and ready for another sizable deal when this one is up.
Kirk from a few years ago, sure.
This version's arm is cooked. Midway through the season he had no steam on his throws. Don't know if that's achilles related or not?
I don't think anything Cook is doing sways Beane one way or the other. They have him under contract for another season. I doubt they're going to burn any picks on a RB this go around.
I expect Ty back, along with Davis and we'll see what happens with James.
Edit: I strongly disagree that he's made a big mistake. This is his 1 shot to get as much money as he can before he reaches 30.
He's going for it and he absolutely should.