Quote:That's because people are thinking of the Ivory move in terms of hindsight.


At the time of the contract the jaguars had extra money to spend and had a hole at RB. The jaguars, even after signing Ivory, had plenty of extra money to spend. The jaguars took extra money they had and invested it in something they thought would help the team.


That is the exact same thing the browns did.

Its not the exact same thing though. The Browns received a draft pick for money which in turn can be used to draft a prized prospect or packaged in a trade.


The Jaguars received a running back for money. As said before I still like Ivory and don't mind the deal but others already A) Didn't like Ivory before the deal or B) After seeing him this season don't like Ivory.


You are looking at the wrong stuff. Focus on the asset received by the Brown's and focus on the asset received by the Jaguars.


Browns asset: 2nd round pick, a valuable asset to have and can yield a high level starter. Its value is in the opportunity. The subjective part is if you think a 2nd round pick is worth 16 million. Most would seem to say yes.


Jaguars asset: An oldish running back who had very poor production for us for a wide variety of reasons and fumbled a lot. The subjective part of this asset is whether you like him as a player. I still like Ivory but can see how others would not.



So when you compare the two, some will like the Browns asset received , while others might not like the Jaguars asset received. This is how someone may like the Browns deal but not the Jags, and vice versa.

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