Quote:In April, many of us were excited when we took Luke Joeckel at #2. It meant that we would have bookend tackles for the next 10 years. Apparently, David Caldwell did not feel the same way. It's funny, because after the draft, I made a topic saying it would be a good idea to trade Eugene Monroe. Of course, I was flamed, because it was the unconventional idea. But here it is.

 

Caldwell thinks multiple 3rd Day draft picks are worth more than Monroe. I agree. And here's why. Note: it can not and will not be a 7th rounder included in the trade, because Baltimore has already traded theirs.

 

This upcoming draft is LOADED with talent through every single round. It's one of the deepest we've seen in a long, long time. There's a reason why this is a no-brainer. Here is just a small list of the OT prospects coming out in the 2014 Draft. http://www.football.com/en-us/2014-nfl-d...e-tackles/. If you take a look, these are all very explosive players. The amount of quality tackles coming out in this draft has not been seen for a very long time. The draft is so deep, we could potentially get a normally 2nd round talent, in the 3rd-4th round.

 

There was always speculation whether Monroe would even be Franchised or signed to a new contract for 2014. Now, we know what Caldwell's plan was. Monroe wasn't going to be here next year. Luke Joeckel gets to return to his normal position, and we don't have to pay big Top-10 LT money for Monroe. Monroe was one of my favorite players on this team, but it was the right move. It's a good thing Baltimore was interested, because we got more in this trade than we would have gotten if we had let him walk in F/A (Compensatory picks).

 

I think it's a definite that OL, and DE will be a pretty big focus in April 2014. This roster is being turned over on to it's head. And Caldwell's doing it the right way. We need to accumulate as many picks as we can. We may have just gotten 3-4 for a player who we would have let walk in F/A.

 

We all knew and said this thing needed to be blown up. And now it is. This is a good trade, stop derping and look at it like this.

Multiple picks for Monroe is just fine. A bunch of us drew hatred for suggesting the idea of trading Monroe, who we all knew was going to deal with the draft selection of Luke Joeckel like a dog in the manger.

 

The Big Whiff is Newsome's problem now.

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P.S. If you DVR'd the Colts watch the right side of our offensive line at 5:15 mark of the third quarter.  Luke, you beast! 

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