Shorts' injury history would have had a significant impact on his trade value, making it less of a value to trade him than it was to keep him on the roster this year. 

 

Yes, he was the king of stat padding in garbage time, but these were still stats, and he did accumulate them, making him the most experienced receiver on the roster when the team took the field this year. If that's the knock on him by fans, don't people think maybe, just maybe professionals who are paid to scout players would see the same thing, and that in addition to his injuries, his trade value might be impacted by garbage stats as well?

 

It's funny to see people who on one hand want to say the team made a huge blunder by not trading Shorts when they had the chance, the on the other hand say his stats are garbage, he is a lousy route runner, he's oft-injured, and really a wasted roster spot.  Yet he has trade value to you? 

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