Quote:If he signs with the ravens it no longer was a rental but a down payment, and if he becomes the long term answer at LT like Harbaugh thinks, it becomes a pretty sweet deal for the ravens.

 

How? How does this become a sweet deal for them? If he signs long-term with them, then what is the difference in that and them signing him in Free Agency after he finished his contract in Jacksonville? The only difference that I see is that Baltimore would still have two draft picks if they didn't make the trade.

 

Bottom line - at least from my perspective - is that Baltimore traded away two draft picks in order for Monroe to play eleven games for them; six of which, they lost. I'm not proclaiming Caldwell as a genius or anything here, but Ozzie gave up more than I would have for a guy to play eleven games.

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