I would still feel for them NOT to trade Jimmy G would be a tactical error.Why?
1-This is a sucky year for a QB class. If Jimmy G was in this class he might be the #1 QB. Never going to get more in return in 2018
2-You have three or four superior QBs coming out in 2018 over this year's slim pickins'.
3-You don't find a trading partner in 2018 , you wind up with that "Oh so Valuable" 3rd round comp, if that!
4-If the Draft winds of 2017 say that some Teams are considering a one year experience QB in Trubisky as the #1 pick perhaps,.....with limited college tape, why isn't Jimmy G worth the 1st round pick. Who's is the better value?
5-Financially, Jimmy could be cheaper for another Team in 2017 than an unproven....any....Draft pick at the top.
6-BB would make even one pick for Jimmy G, multiply.
7-As some have said, why do the Pats think they can get a first rounder for a QB that started 1.5 games this year?...see above.
Remember Jimmy G got hurt this year not Brady. We have kept two QB's on the roster for many seasons. It's a gamble then, and a gamble that you need to have a #1 worthy Draft pick holding a clip board, or should he be traded.
BB's mantra is.....a good value. How is holding onto a trade chip as valuable as Jimmy G, turning into a good value?
Methinks BB is loading up for another Super Bowl run in 2017, not so much years to come.
Kraft said the Team might not need a top end Draft as the players picked up so far are good young proven kids, not necessarily the aged veterans as norm. So let's add some vets to the mix instead of all picks.
Cousin, I am always absolutely intrigued by these multi trade proposals.
Good job. I enjoy these. I wish some GMs would have the stones to do these. It's job security, fan scrutiny and laziness that prevail. No GM wants to be known as the guy that orchestrated "THAT" trade. It makes you think but then realize that most of these GMs are cowards, but .....you have to play the game to win, not be comfortable.
A few months ago I put forth a realistic trade with Billy O'Brien of the Texans. I have tweaked it. It benefits both Teams with need and BB has some trust in BO. Could the Texans hurt us in the playoffs? Does our haul outweigh that disadvantage? BB has traded in his own division as you recall. This is for fun and thought. It still in sum, has us getting picks and a great player for Jimmy G. and I said a fun deal.
The Texans send DL JJ Watt (assuming he can now pass a physical but still 28 and a player BB would love to have) their First Round pick, their Second Round pick and their 2018 First Round pick AND A CONDITIONAL 2018 THIRD ROUNDER OR FOURTH PENDING GAMES JIMMY G STARTS, to the Pats for Jimmy G and CB Malcom Butler and DT Malcom Brown (who has been benched by BB to wake him up, and so far inconsistent).
Thoughts?
Both deals seam fair.
Would Watt and those two high picks in 2017 make us better in 2017? Yes. You have contemplated trading Butler anyway and Brown is replaceable......so replace him with...Watt? In a superb CB class we should get a top CB with those picks.
Yes also for the Texans. The Texans got to the Playoffs with a mediocre QB and no Watt. Clowney is coming on.
Vince is retiring most likely. Maybe BO and, Romeo and Vrable can light a fire under former first rounder, Brown's ass.
The Texans replace Bouye with Malcom Butler a two year Pro Bowler.
The Pats get their two #1s for Jimmy G and one of the best in the NFL in Watt, plus a high second rounder as they have none, plus a conditional pick to stock 2018 thank you.
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