Quote:If I bought a house from a guy that just put up a brand new garage, I inherit the investment of that new garage. I don't just tear the garage down because I wasn't the initial buyer.

 

That's a horrible analogy.  Nobody would buy a house and then tear down a brand new garage, unless they wanted to add on a room or something. 

 

And the G.M. didn't buy this house/roster.. In a home analogy sense he works for the Home owner, he's more of architect hired to remodel the entire house and improve it's value... so he could change anything that he seems fit within his owner's budget.

 

Coltswarriors is right.  The new FO had no ties to him and it's not like they didn't get any compensation back for him, they got a first round pick (which is looking like highway robbery right now).  When a new G.M. and coach come to town, they're given a lot of rope to make personnel moves how they see fit and on how players fit their system.  If they deem Richardson as a player that doesn't fit their system or as a player they feel they could move for a first round pick in order to improve the talent level of the roster level (possibly giving them ammo to trade up and get a franchise QB) they can, because they have no obligations or ties to a player who was drafted by a previous FO and regime.  They didn't draft Richardson.. they have no ties to him at all.

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