Because we are talking extending Quan vs signing Edmunds as a FA. If I wanted to bring in 2022 I would note keeping Quan likely means no No 1 pick for the Bears and having Quan still resulted in the same 1st round exit Ravens would have endured without him. So Bears still better off getting the draft picks and not having Quan get us an extra win somewhere.
We are not paying top dollar. Top dollar is 20m a year. We are paying the 4th highest AAV for the 5th best LB per PFF so pretty much right around his value. Ravens are paying No 1 AAV for the No 21 LB per PFF. And again we also have a 2nd and 5th round pick we would otherwise not have.
It is really not that hard. The trade equity is illrelevant to this conversation. The Ravens gave up a 2nd and a 5th to have Roquan
in 2022 and only had to
pay him peanuts. That ship has sailed. Never said it was a bad move. Not once. Your also making assumptions that can not be proven as it pertains to this years draft pick. There are many ways to "tank". You can say if the Bears would have had Roquan, they would have won more games? Maybe? Butterfly effect. I can also say, if the Bears would not have aquired a 2nd round pick in that trade, they would not have turned around and traded thier 2nd round pick for deadweight Claypool.
It has absolutely nothing to do with this conversation, until you hop in moving goal posts and trying your damdest to vortex this.
The overwhelming concensus on CCS at the time of the trade was that is too much money to pay for a non premium position.
Both Edmunds and Roquan negotitated new contracts after the close of 2022. Everything that happened prior is mute. The only comparison that is now trying to be made is between the two contracts. Why? I don't know. Two completely different issues. Never intended to argue which contract was better, which player is better, blah blah blah, that is all subjective and can never really be examined until after the contracts have expired and performances evaulated.
Newsflash, you are still paying top dollar to a non premium position.
Maybe spend it on a legit O-line?
