The cost of young, springy players makes it alluring for teams to utilize them as contributors over pricey, established players, even if there’s some element of unknown with the first-year pros.
It doesn’t feel like the ideal time to remove receiving weapons from the offense for second-year quarterback Mac Jones, but the Patriots do have plenty of pass-catching bodies on the roster now.
We’ve barely seen James play in an NFL game at all, as he opted out of the 2020 season and only appeared in three contests in 2019 with the Broncos before landing on the IR list because of a knee injury.
Baltimore constantly churns over its roster with young, mid-round talent, and Faalele is a career right tackle with Orlando Brown Jr.-esque size and even better quicks.
But Las Vegas did select Parham, a ready-to-go, anchoring stalwart in Round 3 of the draft, presumably to solidify one of the guard positions ahead of this super-hyped season.
The Bills signed veteran Duke Johnson this offseason and picked speedy, versatile weapon James Cook in the second round of the draft.
The Seahawks adore running backs like Pete Carroll adores chewing gum while strutting down the sidelines on game day.
Those two occurrences do not bode well for Chris Carson, the vintage Seahawks, brick-wall of a back who simply happens to crumble far too often.
