Pipe Dream Talk: What if We Get Aiyuk and Simmons?

B4YOU said

We are projected to be 88M over the cap next year. Kamara and Ram could be post-June 1 cuts saving 33M and we could push 20M into the future with Carr. That leaves 35M over plus Aiyuk's contract with a need to sign Olave.

I see Aiyuk as filling a need (physical WR who fills the X and makes contested catches over the middle with RAC) but at the expense of Olave who hasn't hit his ceiling yet and inexpensive players Perry/Wilson who may prove reliable value.

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Don't disagree. What I collect to be true about this offensive system, is that it places a ton of value on the X receiver. Doesn't matter if it's Shanahan or Kubiak, the scheme funnels itself through the X. Olave is a Z receiver, who was drafted for the Sean Payton system that had been lacking a good Z since Ted Ginn.

For that matter signing Aiyuk to be the guy at X and then seeing if Shaheed or Perry can take over Z ( I think Perry plays like a Big Z instead of an X) may be the more feasible route down the line. I don't know what Olave's ceiling is, but it's not Steve Smith...I'll pass. He seems to me like a Brandin Cooks type value. Consistent 1000 yard receiver but not dynamic by any stretch