Would you keep Kearse? (Poll)

The chances are the most likely way of keeping Kearse would come at the price of around $2.5m (probably a little under) through a second round tender.

He's provided us with some memorable moments for all kinds of reasons and whilst $2.5m doesn't sound like that much, it is when you're operating a pretty tight cap.

So, if it came down to a tender or not, what are you doing?

I want him back and I want Richardson to beat him out for a starting role. Kearse seems to be the ideal #4 wide receiver for our team.

I love him, but he doesn't perform any better than anybody we could get for the league minimum.

Depends on his cost. If he costs anything over 1-2 million a year and I don't want him.

BirdsCommaAngry":3egkq57y said:

I want him back and I want Richardson to beat him out for a starting role. Kearse seems to be the ideal #4 wide receiver for our team.

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I think this is about right. If he could be our 4 we'd be in really good shape.

At 2.5 million there is no way I would keep him. He has made some huge (enormous) catches for us but also made some huge drops, I think he gets a pass on a lot of stuff because he is local.

He can make nearly impossible catches but drops a lot of easy ones. I wonder if he has ADD.

Short term I would coach Wilson to throw him only challenging passes, and that easy passes to Keats cause drops.

Longer term I would try to find or invent processes to decrease his attention deficit.

He can make amazing almost impossible catches, and this is an extremely rare talent. I can not recall a catch like that juggling act.

For competition purposes? Yeah

He's not consistent enough. If Holmgren was still HC, he would have been gone long ago.

Throwdown":3vwjga9z said:

For competition purposes? Yeah

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$2.5m is a lot for competition, especially in a WR group like ours. Those suggesting we keep him as a 4th WR have different ideas to me. You don't pay him $2.5m to be your 4th guy. That's WR3 money.

SomersetHawk":2glywyu8 said:

Throwdown":2glywyu8 said:

For competition purposes? Yeah

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$2.5m is a lot for competition, especially in a WR group like ours. Those suggesting we keep him as a 4th WR have different ideas to me. You don't pay him $2.5m to be your 4th guy. That's WR3 money.

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Why do we have to give him $2.5 million? A 2nd round tender is $2.187 million, but we may not need to go that route to keep him.

This is Kearse's hometown. I don't think he would look to leave unless offered an exponentially greater deal. If he doesn't attract a lot of interest, they might be able to sign him to a two year deal (about $1 million per year with a $500k signing bonus).

hawknation2015":zyvav7x2 said:

SomersetHawk":zyvav7x2 said:

Throwdown":zyvav7x2 said:

For competition purposes? Yeah

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$2.5m is a lot for competition, especially in a WR group like ours. Those suggesting we keep him as a 4th WR have different ideas to me. You don't pay him $2.5m to be your 4th guy. That's WR3 money.

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We do we have to give him $2.5 million? A 2nd round tender is $2.187 million, but we may not need to go that route to keep him.

This is Kearse's hometown. I don't think he would look to leave unless offered an exponentially greater deal. If he doesn't attract a lot of interest, they might be able to sign him to a two year deal (about $1 million per year with a $500k signing bonus).

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The tender's been rising. Went up about $200k last year, I was anticipating something similar.

I'd much rather he received the sort of contract you're talking about, but given his big play ability and reasonable production from a minimal passing game some teams may be willing to offer him a bigger deal, or rather more money on a short contract.

I get the gist of how RFA work but not the full picture. I keep hearing 2nd round tender and that would cost us $2.5 mil. Couldn't we tender him something much lower? Maybe a 5th or 6th round tender for small money and if someone jumps on it we get a draft pick.

I'm not in any way on board with the team paying over $2m for Kearse. He's a frustrating player; while he can come up big he drops a lot too. I haven't noticed him being great at getting separation either, although I'm not so sure about this.

Aside from anything else, $2.5m seems like a lot for someone who would be lucky to catch 2 passes per game.

I think the team should be looking to pick up 2 receivers in the first 4 rounds as well as possibly taking one or two later on or cheap in free agency. Let's see what these guys as well as the likes of Chris Matthews & Doug McNeil can do.

There are guys out there that fit the bill in replacing Kearse. He's a 4th WR and needs to be paid like one. If he wants more show him the door. Hopefully we don't overpay to keep him around just because he is a local guy.

dutchcoug":3r5kvbjw said:

I get the gist of how RFA work but not the full picture. I keep hearing 2nd round tender and that would cost us $2.5 mil. Couldn't we tender him something much lower? Maybe a 5th or 6th round tender for small money and if someone jumps on it we get a draft pick.

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There are three tenders I believe. 1st, 2nd and original value. Considering Kearse was undrafted he has no original value and so the cheapest tender would be a second.

Cyrus 12 you got me put in the Shack! What a whinny fan base. Can't take a joke losers!!!

Honestly... I love Kearse, but his inconsistency is a killer. I'd have a real hard time re-signing him if it's much more than a million a year... especially with some of the other receivers that are available in free agency.

Im content blowing up our WR group and bringing in a bunch of talent for our franchise QB to grow with.

SomersetHawk":2y1kcrub said:

dutchcoug":2y1kcrub said:

I get the gist of how RFA work but not the full picture. I keep hearing 2nd round tender and that would cost us $2.5 mil. Couldn't we tender him something much lower? Maybe a 5th or 6th round tender for small money and if someone jumps on it we get a draft pick.

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There are three tenders I believe. 1st, 2nd and original value. Considering Kearse was undrafted he has no original value and so the cheapest tender would be a second.

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Really? Then goodbye Mr Kearse. It's like we're being punished for not drafting him. We can definitely find someone that will catch 25% of the balls thrown his way for much cheaper.