Cobb is consistency but OBJ is championship caliber. A number one receiver is better then a number two any day. Right now the Giants are going to lean heavily on OBJ to win games. Cobb and Jeffery have more around them. You don't win the ship by playing it safe
No. 1 WRs do not win Super Bowls. In fact, they're almost worthless to winning a Super Bowl. (see: Moss, Randy; Owens, Terrell; Harrison, Marvin; Carter, Cris; Johnson, Andre; Brown, Tim; Largent, Steve, Fitzgerald, Larry. I could literally go on for hours with a huge list of big-time elite NFL WRs who never won the big one.)
Vegas barely shaves a point off their line with major skill player injuries unless it's a QB. That's just how the game works out there- I'm inclined to believe them.
WR isn't nearly as important as the Fantasy Football types or pom-pom waving homers would have you believe it is. A team with a good QB, o-line, d-line and secondary will win regardless of how good its wideouts are. Just ask the Patriots. They didn't need OBJ or Calvin Johnson to beat the Seahawks. Just smart WRs that ran good, tough routes. This is not rocket science. The Seahawks were a play away from another Super Bowl and their WRs were mostly average for the better part of it. Their QB, running game and lines were excellent. If the Giants think having the 2nd-best WR in the division is going to get them past the Cowboys or Eagles, they're kidding themselves.
I value consistency more than you. Deal with it. Having a guy who shows up every week who can play in the slot, outside and return kicks at a high level is a huge plus for Green Bay. Not to mention he rarely drops the ball.
Jeffery is bigger, stronger, faster, and a better blocker than Beckham. I'd argue his ceiling is much higher than OBJ based purely on athletic gifts and raw talent. You can't tell me a 5-11 guy under 200 pounds scares DBs more than a 6-4, 220 lb guy with similar speed and more physicality. I've seen it for 20 years- DBs hated playing against Michael Irvin because he bodied them up and intimidated them. TO was the same way, for all his warts. Plaxico was similar too. Bigger is better. The more physical player wins his matchup most of the time in football.
People were just loving Keenan Allen last year around this time too....how'd that work out?