Quote:I still feel the Brandon Albert trade scenario this off-season was similar. Albert may rank a couple spots higher (in terms of performance) than Monroe, but he also had triple the salary of Monroe. Not to mention, the Monroe trade happened mid-season (win-now mode), meaning higher value. When the Dolphins offered a 3rd for Albert, they still had the flexibility to wait it out, see if a LT is available in the draft, and then decide. 

 

I think the whole "well he wasn't in the long-term plans so it's better to get something than nothing" argument is a little too short-sided. Not only do I think we could have received better value, but I think that if we knew he wasn't in the long-term plans, why waste all this time? If Luke has always been the future and that we wouldn't compete this year, why even bother starting Luke at RT? Why didn't we just move Monroe and start Luke at LT all along?

Obviously we can't know, but my opinion would be that at the time they were hoping to keep Monroe. Two things have probably changed since then. Monroe realizing it was a long term rebuild and giving plenty of evidence that he wouldn't resign with the team, and Dave evaluating that Joeckel wasn't doing as well with the conversion to RT as hoped. He saw a way to recoup some decent value for a guy that was gone in 3 months anyway, and move his first franchise pick to his more comfortable position. Just a guess, but that's what I think.

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