Quote:OK, so as I understand it there are three options.

 

1.  Allow him to come back to the team and play out the last two years of his rookie contract.

 

2.  Shop him and trade him with his "issues" as well as what remains of his rookie contract.

 

3.  Outright just cut him.

 

If you can't count on the guy to stay clean and sober.  If it's possible in the least bit that he can "slip up", then why keep him?

 

If no team will offer any kind of trade for him, then why keep him?

 

I guess I just don't understand why you would keep a guy IF he got reinstated if he really gives no value to your team.

Him slipping up or us cutting him results in the same negative outcome for the team. Either way, he is no longer a jag and we had a top 10 bust.

 

However there isn't a guarantee that he will slip up. So holding onto him leaves open the opportunity that he gets his act together and becomes a valuable asset to the team.

 

When facing a decision between two options that have the exact same negative risk, you always go with the one with the highest possible reward.

 

That is just basic business 101.

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