Girlzarefanstoo Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 The team agreed to terms with former Saints wide receiver Robert Meachem on a four-year, $25.9-million contract with $14 million fully guaranteed, a league source said Tuesday night. Meachem will bring a big-play element back to an offense that lost Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson in free agency hours earlier.The rest of the article is here: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/13/chargers-finally-make-splash-sign-meachem/His contract will cost 1/2 what Vincent Jackson would have cost - we give up some with him, but still and excellent #1 WR and he's younger and healthier. I like this pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 lol, it looks like the guy who made the "Meachem and Williams to Bills" is wrong. Now about the signing...I think any team that could pick up Meachem has made a good signing. He's a very good deep threat with good hands and pretty good reliability. An underrated WR. A nice pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wig Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 lol, it looks like the guy who made the "Meachem and Williams to Bills" is wrong. Now about the signing...I think any team that could pick up Meachem has made a good signing. He's a very good deep threat with good hands and pretty good reliability. An underrated WR. A nice pickup.Agreed. He was my want until Wayne shocked me a bit by re-signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeyes Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Meachem > Jackson ? WOW!Jacksons new deal is $55m over 5 years 11m a yearMeachem gets $26m over 4 years <7m a yearNot quite 1/2 off, but looks like a good signing if Meachem can do just half what Jackson did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCH Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Meachem has always underachieved, pretty disappointing considering that he played in a New Orleans system that spread the ball a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad72 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The key to the Chargers' offense, like most good offenses, is the O-line protection. If Rivers' protection holds up, he will have a very good year and should be able to get the ball out to Meachem, Floyd and Gates without issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquicity Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 And Eddie Royal.http://blogs.nfl.com/2012/03/15/chargers-wr-royal-agree-to-terms-on-deal/?module=HP11_headline_stack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlzarefanstoo Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 No solid figures are out yet except 3 years, but basically the unofficial word is we replaced VJ with Meacham and Royal at basically 2 for 1 $ wise. I'm quite happy with the result AND got a top flight PR/KR while we're at it. We've really needed some health and depth for our WR core. The last two years have been terrible injury wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlzarefanstoo Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 The key to the Chargers' offense, like most good offenses, is the O-line protection. If Rivers' protection holds up, he will have a very good year and should be able to get the ball out to Meachem, Floyd and Gates without issues.You're dead on Chad - big part of Rivers' poor year was a porous front line that couldn't hold the pocket for him. Jared Gaither really started the turn around when we picked him up the last 5 games last year. He's a BEAST - what a gift KC gave us, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR91 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 chargers also signed eddie royal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlzarefanstoo Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Here's what the contract ended up being: Eddie Royal deal: three years, $13.5 million and $6 million guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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