Worst Option for #9?

[Leon Sandcastle]

Miller is the same dope that wanted to keep JF.
Case closed on his opinion.

He wanted to keep Fields and draft CW. Which would have been the smart thing to do
He said all along that he didn't think they'd get much for him but probably would around the trade deadline.

 

[TL1961]

It's easy to just say "sit down and shut up" but it's not that simple in reality. Braxton would have every right to be pretty upset. Dude's worked hard and played pretty well. If I were him, knowing I could start on plenty of teams in the NFL, I wouldn't like being sat on the bench. Who knows how that looks and what that becomes.

Plus, Poles has shown now with the Fields trade that he likes to do right by his guys. It now would be fully in-character for Poles to move Brax along and maybe spend a pick on a guy to back up the 9th overall pick. If Ryan Bates can get a 5th round pick then you'd have to think Brax can get at least a 3rd, maybe even a 2nd from a team looking to bolster their line and open up their first round pick to spent on another position instead.

Professional athletes lose their jobs to better players all the time.

We are hoping to draft players who are better than what we currently have. How is this different for Jones?

 

[TL1961]

He wanted to keep Fields and draft CW. Which would have been the smart thing to do
He said all along that he didn't think they'd get much for him but probably would around the trade deadline.

That would have been far and away the worst decision

 

[Leon Sandcastle]

That would have been far and away the worst decision

Agree to disagree. What's wrong with Fields as a backup? These players are adults, they could handle a competition.

 

[Toast88]

Receiver wouldn't be the worst pick at #9. A reach on a project someone's in love with (the Pace way) would be the worst pick at #9, but Poles doesn't seem the sort to let others dictate to him what to do and he doesn't seem to overthink.