OT/Humor: The dumbest trade idea ever

[ctpatsfan77]

So, this morning, I ran across a link to this video. It's about a rumor that some rando apparently heard claiming this trade:

Bengals receive: Drake Maye
Patriots receive: 2026 1st and 2027 1st

This video honestly is all but debunking it in real time. Clearly this trade isn't going to happen for a host of reasons, but . . . if you showed it to both teams, who would say no first?

 

[XLIX]

The Bengals have a top 5 quarterback. Yes I understand he’s injured but it takes a very special type of idiocy to trade 2 first rounders for a position you have covered for the foreseeable future.

 

[signbabybrady]

Can I get Burrow?

 

[sb1]

Grilled cheese sandwich burner. Lol

 

[ctpatsfan77]

The Bengals have a top 5 quarterback. Yes I understand he’s injured but it takes a very special type of idiocy to trade 2 first rounders for a position you have covered for the foreseeable future.

TBF, though, there is apparently evidence that this does carry some risk of being a career-ending injury. [It's hard to say for sure, though, as apparently Burrow is the first QB this century to have a case that required surgery.]

Return to Play Following High-Grade Turf Toe Injuries in National Football League Athletes

orthojournalhms.org

 

[TommyD4207]

The Bengals have a top 5 quarterback. Yes I understand he’s injured but it takes a very special type of idiocy to trade 2 first rounders for a position you have covered for the foreseeable future.

If he played for the Patriots, there would be 5 posters here calling him soft and a pansy and that he should be wearing a skirt.

 

[jmt57]

"Potential trade scenarios" has become a big thing in recent years.

Why?

The clickbait title garners plenty of views, while the author has to put minimal time, effort and thought into the article/podcast/video.


Social media dumbing down of America.

 

[reflexblue]

Can I get Burrow?

Is the wheelchair included?

 

[ctpatsfan77]

"Potential trade scenarios" has become a big thing in recent years.

FWIW, as I stated above, this seems to be a rando claiming he had seen that this either was on the cusp of happening or had already happened this morning.

 

[signbabybrady]

He comes with wheelchair included

Bring back Jevon and get him standing

 

[XLIX]

If he played for the Patriots, there would be 5 posters here calling him soft and a pansy and that he should be wearing a skirt.

Yeah there are several idiots in here. Meanwhile, those of us who know football, know that (A) injuries are overwhelmingly random and can happen to anyone at anytime, and (B) Cincy's o-line does Burrow no favors.

 

[Ross12]

Let’s say for the sake of conversation that Burrow’s injury is career ending so the Bengals need a new future QB permanently but also have a competitive roster for this year and want to replace him as soon as possible. That’s the only real way this makes sense, but even then, I don’t think two firsts is enough. Maye was the 3rd overall pick, is barely 23, has 3.5 cheap years left and has show he can play in the league. It’d be three firsts minimum. Maybe more, because franchise QBs are so rare.

 

[TommyD4207]

Let’s say for the sake of conversation that Burrow’s injury is career ending so the Bengals need a new future QB permanently but also have a competitive roster for this year and want to replace him as soon as possible. That’s the only real way this makes sense, but even then, I don’t think two firsts is enough. Maye was the 3rd overall pick, is barely 23, has 3.5 cheap years left and has show he can play in the league. It’d be three firsts minimum. Maybe more, because franchise QBs are so rare.

Yeah this is the part of it that got me. No one's trading Drake Maye away for anything less than that. Especially since we'd be rolling with Josh Dobbs the rest of the year.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Yeah this is the part of it that got me. No one's trading Drake Maye away for anything less than that. Especially since we'd be rolling with Josh Dobbs the rest of the year.

Yeah, it's about as logical as the folks who wanted the Pats to trade out of #3 last year.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Let’s say for the sake of conversation that Burrow’s injury is career ending so the Bengals need a new future QB permanently but also have a competitive roster for this year and want to replace him as soon as possible. That’s the only real way this makes sense, but even then, I don’t think two firsts is enough. Maye was the 3rd overall pick, is barely 23, has 3.5 cheap years left and has show he can play in the league. It’d be three firsts minimum. Maybe more, because franchise QBs are so rare.

No thanks. I wouldn’t trade him, period.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

No thanks. I wouldn’t trade him, period.

Obviously. It'd take something close to a Ricky Williams/Herschel Walker-type trade, which would defeat the point.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Obviously. It'd take something close to a Ricky Williams/Herschel Walker-type trade, which would defeat the point.

I wouldn’t. Finding a true franchise quarterback is the hardest thing to do in terms of the personnel needed to be a consistent Super Bowl contender. They don’t just need to have the physical tools, but also the right temperament, judgement, coach ability, and leadership skills. IMO Maye has the full package, and I think they can turn him into a top 3 QB, and a guy who can have them in the final 4 consistently, and winning multiple Lombardi’s. There is obviously much more needed to put a championship team around him, but when you have the right guy you keep him, regardless of how much teams offer you. Once you trade him you are back in the quarterback crapshoot, and as we know all too well that’s a truly ****ty place to be.

 

[Ross12]

Obviously. It'd take something close to a Ricky Williams/Herschel Walker-type trade, which would defeat the point.

Only really makes sense for a team that is nearly perfectly built for the next few years and can afford to lose so many selections short-term and then just be bad for a couple years after that. Cincinnati is not that.

 

[Ross12]

I wouldn’t. Finding a true franchise quarterback is the hardest thing to do in terms of the personnel needed to be a consistent Super Bowl contender. They don’t just need to have the physical tools, but also the right temperament, judgement, coach ability, and leadership skills. IMO Maye has the full package, and I think they can turn him into a top 3 QB, and a guy who can have them in the final 4 consistently, and winning multiple Lombardi’s. There is obviously much more needed to put a championship team around him, but when you have the right guy you keep him, regardless of how much teams offer you. Once you trade him you are back in the quarterback crapshoot, and as we know all too well that’s a truly ****ty place to be.

Once Maye proves he’s got the stuff this year, more offensive free agents will start wanting to come play here too. I don’t think that was a huge issue this year with Vrabel instead of Mayo (they did snag Diggs after all) but it’s still not a spot players who prioritize wanting to compete for a title would prefer. A good showing this year can start to change that.

 

[farn]

The Bengals have a top 5 quarterback. Yes I understand he’s injured but it takes a very special type of idiocy to trade 2 first rounders for a position you have covered for the foreseeable future.

Burrows is like stealing the Mona Lisa. You have a valuable asset but because of its very nature, you can never sell it as everyone would know what it is and that it’s stolen.

That QB is great in theory. But if he either can’t be on the field or can’t win the big one, how valuable is he really ?

That said : the trade proposal is stupid on many levels. We don’t yet know if Maye is going to be somebody. But he’s intriguing enough + young wnough that he’s worth finding out.