Quote:Oh boy, more press conference quotes that are always 100% accurate.

 

I find it hard to believe that Monroe, as good as he was playing, generated no interest around the league.  You are making it sound like Baltimore felt bad for us, so they traded for Monroe.

 

Seriously, pipe down.  You don't have to get offended and take jabs at me after everything I say.

 

Plus this little argument started because FBT was saying that the Jaguars had no intention of keeping Monroe right when they drafted Joeckel.  I don't think that was really the case. 

 

Your quote actually proves my point.  If this was just a buddy trade that came up willy nilly, then that sounds to me like trade talks for Monroe were not happening during that draft.  Meaning they did not initially want to trade Monroe and wanted to keep Joeckel at RT.

 

 

That's not what I said, but I won't challenge your reading comprehension skills.

 

The Jaguars drafted Joeckel to play LT.  They knew they'd have to make a decision on Monroe because he was in a contract year, and they weren't going to give him the contract of a starting left tackle to play on the other side of the line.  They knew he'd walk in free agency at the end of the season, and they made the decision to pull the trigger on a trade to get something for him while they could. 

 

Feel free to twist that into something more than what I actually said.  I'll wait.

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