Quote:The point being that you shouldn't use hyperbole for your arguments. 

 

It'd be more comparable for the Texans to trade Watt with 12 games left for a 3rd and 4th round pick, when they plan on letting him walk.

 

Is it ideal?  No.

Would you like more?  Obviously.

 

But this is spilled-milk level crisis.  Not a "Four horsemen of the apocalypse are coming!" crisis and certainly not a "My teenager daughter is a Belieber!" crisis.

We're losing a good player that we were going to lose anyway.  We got less than ideal value out of it, but it's nothing in the realm of "We just traded JJ Watt for a 7th rounder!"

 

I just don't know how me writing that Texans fans would be upset with Watt being offloaded cheaply translates into, roughly paraphrased,  "Eugene Monroe is a better player with better value than J.J. Watt."

 

My point was that fans are upset at not getting good value for Monroe, not that he's irreplaceable. 

 

I agree with the rest of what you wrote though.  It's not a big deal.  And I agree with trading Monroe.

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