Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

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If you could have one of them on your roster which would it be?

Poll ended at Sun May 19, 2019 6:48 am

Sammy Watkins
4
12%
Stephon Diggs
29
88%
 
Total votes: 33

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Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby rubber_duck » Tue May 14, 2019 6:48 am

If you could choose one of them to have on your roster which would it be?

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby Goddard » Tue May 14, 2019 1:01 pm

Even Watkins truthers have to pick Diggs here.

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby ColdZealDonkeyStrike » Tue May 14, 2019 3:30 pm

I would not trade Diggs for 2 of Watkins.
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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby The Red Rooster » Tue May 14, 2019 3:40 pm

Diggs by a lot.

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby Gator Sens » Wed May 15, 2019 4:18 am

Diggs

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby Goddard » Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am

I'd really like to hear the reasoning of the two people who voted for Watkins.

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby rubber_duck » Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am

I thought the Tyreek Hill issue may have rejuvenated Sammy's value some. Although, that does not appear to be the case. It has been fun tracking the opinion of these two guys in relation to each other.

This is the 5th poll in the series, and may be the last one ... unless Sammy explodes in production this year! That could be fun! :D

The earlier polls resulted in the following:

Date_________Sammy_________Diggs
Nov 2015_______17 (74%)__________6
Sep 2016_______27 (73%)__________10
Jun 2017_______19 (73%)__________7
Oct 2017_______4 (17%)___________20

To give a little context to each prior poll:
Nov 2015: Sammy was wrapping up his 2nd season in the NFL. He posted a stat line of 60-1047-9 for Buffalo in 13 games.
Diggs was a rookie in Minn. and was on his way to 52-720-4.

Sep 2016: Sammy is starting his 3rd year in Buffalo and Diggs is going into his sophomore campaign.

June 2017: Sammy played a total of 8 games in 2016.
Diggs finished his 2nd season with 84-903-4 in 13 games.

Oct 2017: Sammy has been traded to the Rams. He started the first 4 games of the year with: 14-211-2 on 16 targets.
Diggs is still in Minn and starting his 3 year with 22-391-4 on 32 targets.

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby murphysxm » Wed May 15, 2019 8:09 am

Goddard wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am I'd really like to hear the reasoning of the two people who voted for Watkins.
I mean, really?
I am just a guy sharing some thoughts

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby rubber_duck » Wed May 15, 2019 8:11 am


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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby Paul717 » Wed May 15, 2019 8:25 am

rubber_duck wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am I thought the Tyreek Hill issue may have rejuvenated Sammy's value some. Although, that does not appear to be the case. It has been fun tracking the opinion of these two guys in relation to each other.

This is the 5th poll in the series, and may be the last one ... unless Sammy explodes in production this year! That could be fun! :D

The earlier polls resulted in the following:

Date_________Sammy_________Diggs
Nov 2015_______17 (74%)__________6
Sep 2016_______27 (73%)__________10
Jun 2017_______19 (73%)__________7
Oct 2017_______4 (17%)___________20

To give a little context to each prior poll:
Nov 2015: Sammy was wrapping up his 2nd season in the NFL. He posted a stat line of 60-1047-9 for Buffalo in 13 games.
Diggs was a rookie in Minn. and was on his way to 52-720-4.

Sep 2016: Sammy is starting his 3rd year in Buffalo and Diggs is going into his sophomore campaign.

June 2017: Sammy played a total of 8 games in 2016.
Diggs finished his 2nd season with 84-903-4 in 13 games.

Oct 2017: Sammy has been traded to the Rams. He started the first 4 games of the year with: 14-211-2 on 16 targets.
Diggs is still in Minn and starting his 3 year with 22-391-4 on 32 targets.
Very cool post here. Thanks for doing the research and providing the links! Interesting.
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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby Paul717 » Wed May 15, 2019 8:28 am

Here's an OP comment from the 2015 poll:

I posted this so that we have a reference point in time to look back on, as this is a clear inflection point for both of these players.

What I find absolutely fascinating about this is that we are talking about Sammy Watkins who 16 months ago was the 1.01 selection in the draft, and we are talking about Stefon Diggs who was a free agent a month into the season. While the posts on this thread are all pro-Watkins, the poll is currently 8-4 ... meaning that it is a lot closer than draft pedigree would typically lead us to believe.

To be fair to Diggs: in 2012 he was the #6 overall high school recruit in the nation at any position and #2 at wide receiver. He out performed from the very start in division 1. His fall from grace for the NFL was most likely due to: playing at Maryland, and having 2 injuries that interrupted 2 of his seasons.


^ Well done, Sir! It's like you had a crystal ball or something...
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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby hoos89 » Wed May 15, 2019 8:37 am

rubber_duck wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am I thought the Tyreek Hill issue may have rejuvenated Sammy's value some. Although, that does not appear to be the case. It has been fun tracking the opinion of these two guys in relation to each other.
Watkins' value has certainly increased (ADP went from 76 to 45), but there's still a significant gap to Diggs...it's just not as big as it was before the Hill news broke. A binary Diggs / Watkins poll won't show that.
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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby lukkynumber13 » Wed May 15, 2019 2:34 pm

hoos89 wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:37 am
rubber_duck wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am I thought the Tyreek Hill issue may have rejuvenated Sammy's value some. Although, that does not appear to be the case. It has been fun tracking the opinion of these two guys in relation to each other.
Watkins' value has certainly increased (ADP went from 76 to 45), but there's still a significant gap to Diggs...it's just not as big as it was before the Hill news broke. A binary Diggs / Watkins poll won't show that.
Exactly. I’m a Watkins truther, but I easily take Diggs

Even in redraft, I’ll pick Diggs over Sammy.
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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby rubber_duck » Thu May 16, 2019 8:38 am

hoos89 wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:37 am
rubber_duck wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:07 am I thought the Tyreek Hill issue may have rejuvenated Sammy's value some. Although, that does not appear to be the case. It has been fun tracking the opinion of these two guys in relation to each other.
Watkins' value has certainly increased (ADP went from 76 to 45), but there's still a significant gap to Diggs...it's just not as big as it was before the Hill news broke. A binary Diggs / Watkins poll won't show that.
Yes, Sammy's value has gone up in general. I was trying to say that the preference for Sammy/Diggs hasn't moved much, but my earlier statement can be read many different ways.

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Re: Sammy Watkins or Stephon Diggs

Postby ColdZealDonkeyStrike » Tue May 21, 2019 5:31 pm

Awesome topic, rubber_duck!
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