Jack Lantern
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The Foles situation is a LOT different from the Osweiler one. Foles is actually an accomplished QB who has had bouts of good football and obviously won a Superbowl and MVP. Osweiler was almost immediately cut after the trade, whereas anyone trading for Foles would at least give him a shot to start. Not to mention, the Texans had just drafted Watson in the top 12. Minshew looks like he might be able to give average QB play for super cheap, but he doesn't exactly have the same pedigree as Watson and isn't a guy a team should turn the offense over to for the next 4 years.
That being said, the Jags do have a couple 1st round picks. If they use one of those picks on a QB or go all-in on Minshew for some crazy reason, then they won't have to give up nearly as much as Houston did, because Foles does have actual value, it's just not the same as he's getting paid.
None of that matters when it's a salary dump.
Think same with what the Blackhawks had to do back in the day. Most trades were one sided cause the Blackhawks had zero leverage.
Jim Hendry and the Cubs did same with the Pirates. Got themselves a 23 year old Aramis Ramirez and Kenny Lofton for Matt Bruback and Bobby Hill cause the Pirates wanted to dump salary and there were only a handful of big market teams like the Cubs to take on that load.