Thread: Should the Vikes get Donte Stallworth?

"VKG4LFE" wrote:

Yeah, I don't know about Wade though. He was okay just nothing spectacular.

Allison could be our #3 as well.

I thought Wade was a pretty reliable guy... but you're right, nothing spectacular.

Yeah he was pretty solid, no big time plays though. I don't know the stats, but I don't know if he caught a pass that was thrown 20 yards in the air all year, but then again we probably only had about 15 of those all year!! lol

Wade was never brought in to be a #1 type WR. He is a role player and his role is #3 slot WR.

Oh yeah I know, but even the #3 will have a big game every now and then. I know he had a couple of games were he maybe had about six catches or so, but nothing memorable.

I don't know. I think the best thing you can say about him this season is that he didn't get injured.

I'd rather have Hackett, or Berrian, or even Johnson from Cards. But he might be an alternative.

just stallworth alone isnt going to upgrade our WR corp enough..we need to get 2 guys in FA, any combination of hackett, berrian, stallworth, johnson..put 2 of those guys with sidney rice, and youve got a real good triple threat that can strike in any area of the field

"dcboardr41" wrote:

im tired of all these threads coming up and people typing alot bout getting someone, so from now on im just gonna say yes or no for all these threads.

no

Ahhhh my friend.
You must realize that there are gonna be hundreds of these over the next few months.

Some of the guys will be viable assets that the team should go after and others will be crap, however, someone will want them no matter what.

Just roll with it and either ignore them or post smart ass comments in them.
My favorite one to use is....

"What is his Madden Rating".

Gets people steamed sometimes so I don't use it much anymore but I did have fun with it last year a bit.

JK about the bolded part.
I am not encouraging you to post smart asses comments on this site.

Of all three, if you look at numbers alone, I would take Berrian in a minute.
If you throw in thier style of play and thier fit in our system they all seem to fit what we need with Berrian being more of a deep threat.

All seem to have a problem staying healthy and makes me wonder if they can stand up to the abuse they will have to endure blocking for our backs down field as well as catching passes in traffic were they are gonna get hit by a safety coming up all the time.

I guess I wouldn't beeeyyatch to much if we got any one of them but would probably have to tip my hat, based on what I can see in their stats towards:

Berrian first, Hackett second and Stallworth third.
Yards per Catch
16 D. Stallworth WR, NWE 46 697 15.2 43.6 69 3 YPC
37 B. Berrian WR, CHI 71 951 13.4 59.4 59 5
Hackett wasn't in the top 40.

Catches
26 B. Berrian WR, CHI 71 951 13.4 59.4 59 5
Stallworth and Berrian didn't even get into the top 40.

TD's
36
B. Berrian WR, CHI 71 951 13.4 59.4 59 5
Hackett and Stallworth didn't get into the top 40.

Stallworth
Although he isn't a scoring machine his number has been good most of his career.
He has played 16 games 3 out of 6 seasons and is only in his 6th season which leads me to believe he has a couple of more years in him.

Although I am not overly joyed about some of his antics, I wouldn't be to pissed if they brought him in.
http://www.nfl.com/players/donte'stallworth/careerstats?id=STA280100

Hackett
Hard guy to gauge.
He has only been in the league 3 years and hasn't completed a full season yet. Might be a indicator that he wouldn't stay healthy in this system either were WR are required to get physical/block downfield for runners.

He has all the attributes to play in the WCO system and I wouldn't be unhappy if they signed him but his health issues concern me a bit.
http://www.nfl.com/players/d.j.hacke...s?id=HAC504279

Berrian
Here is another guy that has only made it through 2 of 4 season playing all games.
He seems to get better every year and would fit the scheme pretty decent and would seem to be an ideal fit (11 20Yd+ better plays the last 2 years) for our deep threat guy.

http://www.nfl.com/players/bernardbe...s?id=BER454540

"C" wrote:

"kevoncox" wrote:

I wanted Stall last year but with the market being as void of talent for WRs this year, he will demand big money.

*****
Pros
*****
Elite speed
Solid route running
Good hands
Solid leaping ability



*****
Cons
*****

Nagging Minor Injuries
Average Leaping abilities
Will not go up and get the ball
Body catcher ( I.E.
Twill)

One more Pro you forgot: He's better than any WR on our current roster...

I think Rice and Wade are equal to if not better than Stallworth

"aaeyers" wrote:

"Garland" wrote:

I think he was more of the product of the system than an actual good WR. There are better choices out there

I would find that hard to believe, since he put up better numbers with both the Eagles and Saints than he did this year with the Patriots.

So this would be his 4th team in 7 seasons? That should tell you something right there. A solid WR that bounces around? If by his own choice or because he was traded. Especially form 2 teams that are hurting at WR Saints (with the exception of Colston) and the Eagles. If they are worth keeping around they will find a way to keep them around. There are better choices than Stallworth. And he is one that I do not believe is better than 2 of the WR we have on our team now, In Wade and Rice.