Quote:That is pretty much my point. Either you like both deals or you dislike both deals because they're pretty similar situations. The teams had more money than they could spend, and overspent for a player that they hope will help their team. 

But the difference is, the Jaguars, to my recollection, never sent another team a draft choice AND a player to take that player's contract off the books.

 

The closest thing to that was the expansion draft when Houston came into the league.  There, the Jaguars were so cash strapped, they agreed to leave Boselli, Walker and Payne unprotected and the Texans took all three.

 

The difference is, they didn't also send the Texans a 2nd round pick on top of that to do so.

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