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Forgive me if I didn't meet your expectations - being a Jets fan you must be used to that feeling.
Look, the Panthers got Murphy, a much more productive, more healthy player, in exchange for Otah, a guy making more $$ who has hardly ever been on the field for two years and they used the Jets to get it done. The Panthers dumped Otah, who has played 4 games in 2 years, on the Jets, and got the Jets to pay enough for him that they could use the pick to get Murphy - that's shrewd trading by the Panthers, not by the Jets. Let's make it simple for you - for a 7th rounder wouldn't you have much rather had Louis Murphy? Warning: answering "no" here will void any further discussion about being "objective."
The real losers in the whole exchange were the Raiders. At least the Jets got a player who might, in theory, help them. The Raiders gave up a productive NFL player for a 7th round pick, and nobody seems to know why except that they have a glut at that position now.