Quote:I'm shocked you of all people would chime in.  No matter what a GM does here, you will complain...its your schtick.

 

You always turn personnel moves around and try to make it seem like it was your idea if it was a good one and bash when it isnt. 

 

We got a 4th and 5th round pick for a guy that we would have had to pay in the offseason.  They obviously didnt see the value in it and decided to get two mid round picks for it. Seems like a good deal to me.

 

How anyone can say Ozzie schooled him is beyond me.  They gave up two mid round picks for essentailly 12 games.  Anyone has a chance to resign him.

 

Exactly.  Unless Baltimore moves quickly to sign him to an extension, they're not schooling anyone here.  They've signed a band aid for 12 games. 

 

We got a 4th and 5th for a player at a premium position.  That's something I have concerns about.  Granted, he could have walked at the end of the season and the team would have gotten nothing.  But, the franchise tag is always an option, and for a team that has as much cap room as this one does, even if we're paying him top 5 money (for a top 5 LT, BTW), so what? 

 

Trading him removes that from the equation.  I'm not a big fan of the move, but I understand it.  We'll know soon enough if Caldwell's quest to get more draft picks pans out or not.

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