Per several sources on twitter.
Awful decision IMO.
I'm going to assume Marquez North's agent got ahold of him......
Night and day difference between Malone and North. Malone got steadily better and grew into a legit deep threat who caught most eveything in his vicinity this year. He had one "poor" game by my recollection, vs TAM. Just under 1,000 yards receiving and 11 tds in a run-happy offense this year.
Just compare numbers....
North- 74 catches, 874 yards, 11.8 ypc, 5 tds
Malone- 104 catches, 1,608 yards, 15.5 ypc, 14 tds
Also, North's catches went down each year....38 to 30 to 5....and he had a bad injury history.
Compared to a healthy Malone over 3 years who's catches increased significantly each year....23 to 31 to 50.
Again, there's no comparison between the two, Malone has been light years better. Don't blame him at all for declaring. Good luck Josh.