Quote:The problem with your line of thinking is three-fold.

 

First, what if no one counteroffers, and no bidding war ensues?  I'll tell you:  Baltimore's offer becomes a 6th and 7th. 

 

Second, the more time passes, the less valuable Monroe's services become.  Who's going to give you a 3rd round pick for 9 games?

 

Third:  Monroe could have gotten hurt while playing for the Jags.  And then we'd have received nothing.  Had that happened, you'd have been the first to blast away at management for not pulling the trigger fast enough.

 

1.) You re-sign Monroe...  Or let him walk if you don't want to pay him.  Sometimes no compensation is better for future bargaining than accepting less value.  This tells future teams not to budge on their offers (especially for a new GM).

 

2.) I think the majority of teams that would trade for him would do so with a contract extension in mind.  I don't think any team goes into a trade and is like, "Hey, lets rent him and see if we can re-sign him during Free Agency."  The Ravens situation was really strange.  They didn't have the cap money and they were desperate for a tackle for a playoff push.  They decided to gamble that he'd re-sign during Free Agency, and I tend to believe they had some assurances that he would.

 

3.)  This is a hypothetical.  We could play that all day.

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