I'm just wondering why most of the trades involving the giving team to eat a big pile of money, why are the Texans the one eating the money?
This is just as bad as my speculative scenario, except I'm considering the Saints were in a bind for a starting CB.
No way we should consider trading our starting corner back for a 5th round pick.
Their 3rd round compensatory should have been the baseline. It's basically an early 4th as all 32 teams have already made their 3rd round selection.
$7M should, imo, move us up to a 2nd. Or a 2023 pick that would make up the difference in value. 2021 3rd, plus 2022 3rd. We can make the 2023 3rd conditional.
If that's too rich for New Orleans, we don't do the deal & trade Roby in April.
We save $2M trading him now. Just doesn’t make sense.
I don't think he was hoodwinked as much as this feels like an O'Brien "get him out of Houston now." Kind of trade & not a "best for the Houston Texans" Kind of trade.
Did Detroit eat $7M? We ate $7M and got a future conditional 6th.
There's no "market" four days before game 1. There's blood in the water, big fish feast, guppies get ate.
No reason for the Texans to do this trade like this right now. Wait until April & you probably get a deal closer to the Darius Slay deal without dropping your pants.
An aging 29 year old, injury plagued, PED suspended cornerback. Whose contract was written by OB and Easterby. Who can’t even play the first game of the season. What is going to happen to his play when he comes off PEDs?
How is the floor a 3rd? How is his play and history comparable to Darius Slay? Did slay get suspended for PEDs? Did Roby ever make the Pro Bowl or be selected First Team All Pro? Did Roby have as many tackles and interceptions as Roby over the a two year period prior to being traded?
I will save you the research because no he didn’t.
The floor wasn’t a third. There are facts, stats and data to support that argument.
The market in April? Do you mean November?
You defeated yourself because you have already paid some of Roby’s salary so you the 7 million shouldn’t matter by November. I am not doing the math how much. 3-4 million?
Then in November teams that thought they were going to be in the playoffs (Maybe the Saints?) aren’t. Now your market is considerably smaller because teams may not be looking for this year, but next year.
The market is now because teams want to win now.