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This is one of the main reasons the Rooney Rule was put in place. Obviously, this stuff still goes on, though.

Wentz is still under contract, as well. Does his contract not matter?

Oh, I understand why there’s no market for Wentz. He sucks and I wouldn’t trade a fifth rounder for him. But that doesn’t explain why people are cool with him demanding a trade, but think Deshaun Watson is a spoiled brat for doing the same...

Funny, I haven’t heard any crying about Carson Wentz trying to force the Eagles to trade him...

Prioritizing the wrong QBs brought us the drought.

I’m not sure if I’m more shocked by Pat Mahomes showing up tonight as Nick Mullens or Vince Lombardi coming back to life as Herm Edwards...

Interesting to see what happens to KC’s secondary when the rules are actually enforced...

It is inconceivable to me that any team would give up more than a fifth round pick for Wentz. He was literally the worst QB in the league last year. Let’s hope he’s traded to the AFCE...

I was referring to Rodgers vs Allen

Based on what? Brand name? Statistically, they were essentially indistinguishable.

No way the Eagles would give up a first just to get rid of Wentz. Most I could see is a second...

Ahhh. Thanks.

Josh has 10 times the natural ability Darnold has. Darnold’s “tools” have always been massively oversold. He’s not even close to having one elite trait. The two just can’t be compared.

Williams? Can you be more specific? You mean the guy they traded to the Giants, who had a DPOY-type season this year?

As I’ve said over and over, kicker is one of the most undervalued positions in the sport.

They never got far in the playoffs, and now they are in limbo, with no QB. I don’t think that trade worked, although it’s not Mack’s fault. So far it hasn’t really panned out for the Raiders either.

I would say that no one is trading a first for Carr, but then again, I thought Matt Stafford was barely worth a third rounder...

Yeah, Wentz has negative trade value. Not sure about the second part; Falcons are in teardown mode, aren’t they? Why not roll with a rookie in 2021? But Ryan definitely has trade value, although hard to say how much.

Dumping multiple first round picks for 1 guy is a bad strategy and it almost never works out for teams that do it. I believe the Rams may be headed for a Texans-level franchise meltdown in 2022 when they wake up and realize they mortgaged the future for a barely above average QB on his last legs... Trading one first rounder for a star player, like Indy and Buffalo did last year, is much more defensible, although both SF and Minn hit big on the picks they got in those trades.

You missed the point. Milano’s a really good player but his body just isn’t going to hold up for many more seasons. I hope we re-sign him.

He should try to get as much as he can because this will be the last contract he gets...

I think that’s always been the minimum. I think this means Watson commands 4 firsts, and there are only 2 teams that can pay that.

Or maybe having spent the last few years in the Rams organization, he thinks those first round picks from LA are going to be higher than some people think. Or maybe he likes Goff, and what QB did Carolina have to offer?

With this deal, I see the Rams as having a 1-year window, and if it doesn’t work out, they may find themselves in a Houston-like situation, without a Deshaun Watson to bail them out, and Detroit may end up with a very high draft pick or two, courtesy of this trade. Sure, the Rams have a very good defense, but Aaron Donald is going to be 30, they really don’t have a lot of explosive weapons on offense, and they are in a tough division that’s going to get tougher, as SF gets healthy and Kyler Murray develops in Arizona. And of course the Rams will have very little draft capital with which to improve things. It seems to me they are putting a lot of chips in on the idea that Stafford is going to break out at age 33, even though his weapons are arguably less dangerous than what he had in Detroit this year. With SF getting healthy, and probably improving their QB situation, it’s hard to see the Rams even winning their division, much less making a Super Bowl. If it doesn’t pan out in 2021, I could see things going south in a hurry there.

To me, the numbers look pretty similar. I just take issue with the knee-jerk assumption that LA just got a massive upgrade at the position.