Herndon, Claybrooks, and even Barcoo seemed to be playing in front of him during this past season. The Jags organization this past season saw Scott basically everyday in practice and about 80 snaps in game situations. The new staff reviewed intensively the internal player reporting and tape, and determined he likely wasn't going to make the 53. In force ranking the CBs on the roster, there were likely 6-7 ahead of him (Griffin, Henderson, Campbell, Jones, Herndon, Claybrooks, and possibly Barcoo). It is a numbers game in the roster. Baalke and UM made a wise decision to attain some value for him now, while he still held some value for some other teams. This trade is really not hard to understand.

Coaches, new ones especially, typically want to keep the best players now or with upside at a position, and don't care as much if and when they are drafted. They had much better information on him than any of us board-niks.

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