NFL Season 2020 Football • Page 55

Jets traded three 2nds to move up from 6th to 3rd two years ago

so there is a precedent

 

lmao how many times did you trade down?!

 

*squints at how that worked out*

totally

 

The precedent is they traded three seconds to take the 4th best QB in the class

 

A LOT

 

Enough to where i told myself i wasnt taking a QB yet somehow herbert wastherer

 

Are you an NFL gm

 

No? Haha

 

Just making sure

 

I sure would like to be.

 

I am, in Matt's league

 

You keep picking up Charcandrick West and trading him for 5th round picks.

West REALLY hates you.

 

Theres no real way to fix that i guess. Its just a funny thing you can do. One time i traded three FA DEs to the Chargers and they were like "too many players on roster! Better cut Joey Bosa!"

 

1) what
2) who is this

 

Don't get joe excited for nothing

 

I guess the question is why would the Rams willingly give up a pick when they can cut him before March 20th and basically break even on the cap this year. I get why Gurley would want that trade...it'd keep his guaranteed roster bonus money flowing, but the Rams giving up value for it would be crazy.

Osweiler had a BUNCH of guaranteed salary they had to get out of. Gurley doesnt...his 2020 salary isnt guaranteed right now. Nor is his 2021 roster bonus. They'd eat $19mil in cap cutting him right now against like a $17-18mil cap number...and avoiding $10mil in real cash they'd have to spend.

edit: Also, somehow they still have $23mil in cap space, the abiliy to save money by signing Ramsey long-term, and they can probably turn Goff's roster bonus into a signing bonus and save like $15mil in cap space too.

 

Imagine if the lions luck into chase young

 

Imagine when they pick like Herbert instead

I hope they do get Young

 

I mean, for that I'd want to be at #2 and guarantee I get Burrows or Tua. And WAS desperately needs the depth, so they'd take that I bet.

Also

 

as long as the Dolphins end up with Tua and don't have to trade 18 or 26, I don't care what else they have to give up

take Gurley and have him split carries/passing downs to keep him fresh and draft someone like Dobbins in the 2nd

 

If the Bengals pass on Burreaux and gives him the life he deserves in Miami i will fuck Mike Brown

 

Wait why would the Rams trade Gurley and a 2nd for a 5th in that scenario? That makes zero sense. Unless maybe the wording is confusing me there

 

Most passive aggressive ego check ever LOL I love it

 

It's the Osweiler trade theory; dump guaranteed salary for a draft pick to clear space.

But that was kind of unique because Osweiler's contract was all guaranteed salary + roster bonus money ($16mil in base salary guaranteed)...whereas Gurley only has $5.5mil in roster bonus guaranteed. Houston saved like $10mil by trading Osweiler, the Rams, if they traded Gurley before 3/20, would save about $4mil. Also, Gurley >>>> Osweiler in terms of talent. And the contract a team takes on is way better than Osweilers (who was an injury away from a team owing him $16mil/yr for the remaining 3 years)