Quote:And Monroe's contract on the books.


You know, the one that the team would have needed to sign him to in order for him to be on the roster past 2015. Left Tackle kinda money.

 

The Jags were flush with cap room. Monroe wouldn't have been that much more expensive than Joeckel, and the contract could have been structured so that the remaining cap hit would be no more than Joeckel's by 2015. Maybe even less.


 

I consider Joeckel and Monroe to be equally mediocre. So effectively the Jags traded a 2013 1st for a 2014 4th and 5th, and an extra (say) $20M in Khan's pocket.

 

The first round in 2013 was poor. The 2014 4th turned into Colvin, who showed a lot of promise at first (but bad coaching?). The 2014 5th, Chris Smith, never developed into anything. So in retrospect the trade is probably a wash, mediocre starter (Monroe) for mediocre starter (Colvin). The real loss is the lost possibility that Caldwell could have traded the 2013 pick for something better.

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