(03-17-2021, 10:55 PM)rufftime Wrote: He had the highest ceiling of any TE currently on the roster.  For a group starving for competition and improvement, he was the most intriguing piece.  

If it was a guaranteed pick, I guess I could get behind it.  Unfortunately if he is bad/ hurt you get nothing for him anyway.  It’s not like the Ravens will let him hang around.  If he becomes a decent player, you only return a 7th.  Poor trade really unless they just want the cap savings.

He wasn't expensive!!!!  He was a couple hundred thousand above the league minimum which is nothing in NFL terms.  I would call it "peanuts", but that would be over-stating it. It was a "peanut" in cap savings at best.  If he sucks, the Ravens owe us nothing.  If he's wonderful, we get a 7th rounder (likely a late 7th rounder) which again can't even quality as "peanuts".  This is classic case of "heads we tie, tails we lose".  No intelligent person takes that bet.

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