Right I agree that juice is more of an offensive weapon which is why I don’t think that Ricard will make more than him but if I’m Ricard’s agent I don’t see a reason why Derek watt should be making more than Ricard. I just have a tough time allocating money to both Boyle and Ricard when both offer very little in the passing game relative to the size of their contracts
Why does it matter if they're making huge impacts in the passing game? If Boyle were making huge impacts in the passing game, he'd be compensated on par with Mark Andrews. They're like $7-8M a year different.
It's like the argument that we paid Brandon Williams too much because he doesn't rush the passer. OK, if he did rush the passer, he'd be $5-10M a year more expensive.
I have zero problem allocating money to two players who are critical to our ability to run the ball, and the lack of a running game may have been the #1 reason why we didn't make the playoffs this year.