i dont think any of that plays any role in if a player wants to play somewhere. That's what i mean by it. If you polled players on what they're going to think about when they get traded to another team, the fans is going to be near, if not at the very bottom of their cares and concerns.
I agree with that. I’ll bet it does frustrate players that have fair weather fan bases in places like Arizona and Atlanta.
"Who cares about the offensive and defensive lines?! We'll fix that next year with all those picks" meets "let's trade up for Marvin Harrison Jr.".
It does. There's enough player created content these days where these guys clearly are having candid conversations to know this stuff does matter, at least on gameday. Whether a player is going to take less money to play for a certain fanbase? Skeptical on that one.
He just talks out of his ass
Right, so I don’t see why anyone would support a move that we can all admit has lower odds to succeed.
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Not the best look for Poles in that article.
How so? I read it as Poles didn't like CAR first offer at the combine that didn't include one of the 3 players he wanted, so CAR backed out, looked into Carr and then doubled back offering DJ Moore in place of the 3rd 1st rd pick, and the 61 and future 2nd instead of 39.
Agree, I didn't mean that he got less than he should of, just that they referred to him as anxious a few times and perhaps a little to eager to get a deal done before free agency started.
I’m not seeing that at all. He used his analytics team to plot scenarios and determine value. He reached out to a GM in another sport to help figure out the value of including a veteran player in the equation as opposed to simply draft picks.