Calling the Jerick McKinnon signing “underrated” may be a stretch, given how many eyebrows went up when the 49ers inked the 25-year-old to a four-year, $30 million contract.

In fact, Shanahan told the Adam Schefter podcast even he was a bit surprised by how much demand there was for the tailback:
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“We liked Jerick more than anyone. He was our top guy. And it surprised me too, because anytime someone doesn’t have a ton of stats and everything, I’m always thinking that maybe I’m the only one who’s going see him that way, that, all right, and we’ll get this guy middle-of-the-pack compared to all the other free agents, but we’ll be excited because we think he’s the best one. And then you go through negotiations like that, and you know, it wasn’t a secret. Other teams saw it on tape too. nfl wholesale jerseys But he was our target. That’s the guy we wanted.”

Still, that fat paycheck may wind up looking like a bargain.

McKinnon, who piled up a career-high 991 total yards last season with the Vikings, is a virtual clone nfl jerseys from china of Devonta Freeman of the Atlanta Falcons. The backs are close in height—Freeman is 5’8″, McKinnon 5’9″—and just over 200 pounds. Both are excellent receivers out of the backfield.

Freeman became one of the most dangerous running backs in Shanahan’s offense in Atlanta. It’s an ideal scheme for what he and McKinnon do well.

In Robby Anderson, Jermaine Kearse and the returning Quincy Enunwa, the Jets have some talent, official nfl jerseys cheap but all three are more complimentary receiver than lead dog.

If you believe that last year was an aberration, Pryor has the potential to be both that No. nfl authentic jerseys 1 pass-catcher and a badly needed go-to in the red zone. That whole 6’4″ thing comes in handy down there.

If it works out, not only will Pryor provide Josh McCown or Bridgewater with another weapon through the air and take some defensive pressure off New York’s other receivers, but he’ll also do so for the bargain-basement cost of $4.5 million.