Quote:But thats what you said. We can't judge until we see the picks. Therefore any pick for player trade cant be judged until we see the result.

 

Well ultimately, yes, in the grand scheme of things.

 

Even if we got the 1st overall pick for Monroe and ended up picking a collossal bust, that same GM would still get fired.

 

Look, I actually don't care that much about the trade.  In the NFL I think more often than not, trades will be at some kind of fair value.  GMs aren't complete fools. In terms of trade value.

 

If trades were common with players like Monroe (10 games left on contract, will be a free agent - pretty good but not elite player, never been in the pro bowl in 5 years, widely considered "solid), etc)... and other GMs were getting 1st round picks left and right, yes  I would be mad.

 

I think he got about what he was going to get.  You won't get a team to trade away their 2nd round pick on Monroe.  People CHERISH draft picks nowadays.  They're cheaper and come with a lot more upside.  You know what you're getting with Monroe.  A pretty good starter.  They ended up trading a 4th and 5th for 10 games.  Now they have to sign him to a big contract.  Good for them.

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