Quote:  a week ago everyone on this board figured Monroe to be a key part of this new rebuild. Everyone agreed Monroe was a top 10 LT (I'd call that a franchise Tackle) and the problem was in the center of the line!

 

He's traded and all of the sudden I've seen "Monroe didn't want to be here" "Monroe wasn't that good anyways, only average" and now "No way was he a franchise LT" oh and the normal "Well he was part of a team that went 2-20 so he must suck"

 

Yea let's downplay Monroe so we're not as upset about the fleecing our shiny new GM just took

 

Monroe was a good player.  Franchise LT.  

 

I still don't think our GM got 'fleeced'.  It's a goodwill trade of a player we didn't plan on retaining.  Compensation wasn't great, but again -- how are we to know what his trade value was?  


You say you'd have given a 2nd Round pick for Eugene Monroe if you were a team with a need at LT?  Given his contract situation.

 

Would you be upset if say... we didn't have Luke Joeckel and  Caldwell traded a 2nd + 4th Round pick for Trent Williams? Also assume he was going to be a free agent at the end of the year. How about Nate Solder? Jared Veldheer?

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