(03-19-2021, 09:07 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-18-2021, 01:09 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I don't get this.  People are convinced that Cam Robinson can improve after four seasons and 50 starts, but there's a 0% chance that a player who has been limited to 4 games in two seasons because of injury can't?  That makes no sense!

The roster spot argument is ridiculous.  We're not under 53 roster limit right now.  Besides, injuries are the biggest concern with Oliver.  If he's injured again, players on injured reserve don't count as a roster spot.  You then have to remember that the pick we're getting is conditional.  That means if he doesn't make the Ravens, we get absolutely nothing.  In simplistic terms, there's two scenarios here:

Oliver is Bad:  In this case, we get NOTHING.
Oliver is Good:  We gave up an early 3rd rounder at a position of desperate need for a very late 7th rounder.

This is a classic case of heads we tie, tails we lose.  If you think that's a good bet, Las Vegas casinos would love you.

What you fail to recognize though is that the past 32 times that coin flipped, it landed on tails all but a very few times. If you expect the outcome to be heads, you are likely denying what you already know.

Has anyone considered that Urbz and or Bevell aren't looking for TE like Oliver? If that's the case, why would they bother keeping him around if they are looking for someone more inline blocker than field-stretching receiver? Truth is, we don't know. I'm just choosing not to wad my shorts up over a guy who has accounted for nothing while he's been here. If we get something for him, super. If we don't, we got the chance to move on and hopefully develop someone who can either stay on the field or at least account for 20 yards in their career.

I'm not saying it is a big deal.  He very well may fail and if so, we lost nothing by dumping him.  However, when there's a free raffle, what's the harm in trying?  If your ticket isn't picked, you lose nothing.  If you win, you win big.  Any frustration of mine is that too many people on here can't follow a simple logical argument.

Your "32 coin flips" isn't a good analogy.  It's not as if Oliver missed 28 games because he got hurt on 28 separate occasions.  The issue is that it doesn't make much logical sense to dump an early draft pick who is still under a very inexpensive contract when he has only played in 4 games, particularly when it is currently a position of desperate need.  People need to forget about the so-called pick.  This is a garbage pick in a garbage round and even then it's conditional.  The argument supporting the trade is that keeping Oliver is hopeless because he completely sucks.  If so, we don't even get that garbage pick.  For all intents and purposes, Oliver was cut.  With keeping him, there was no downside and a potential upside.  That's all I'm saying.

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