Quote:The Jags screwed up by jumping at the first low ball offer. They should have allowed a market to build before jumping on any deal. There was 4 weeks left till the deadline. 

Let's look back at all the reasons why trading Monroe when we did was the best timing for doing so:

 

1. Every game played brought him one game closer to the end of his deal, and diminished his value that much more.

2. If you keep playing him, you risk injury, and a torn ACL or broken leg forces you to put him on IR then watch him take a one-year prove-it deal in UFA that nets you a seventh-round compensatory pick (at best).

3. If you don't want to risk injury, you deactivate him. Problem is, doing so telegraphs your intentions and lowers his trade value as a result.

 

Bottom line, if the Jaguars were going to realize any value from Monroe, whom they'd clearly decided to move on from, a trade at that point was the safest way to do it.

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