King makes a great case for OBJ being worth 2 firsts. I wish it were that simple, but there are other relevant factors that were ignored.
The new salary and it’s cap impact on retaining future Ram FA’s could be like a wrecking ball.
OBJ’s antics and distraction impact.
The loss of the two players that could have been inexpensively added with those two 1sts and their team value over the next 10 years.
In McVay’s spread-it-around O, is OBJ really worth the two 1sts plus the #18 million per in bang for the buck? That’s a tough sell for me.
Do we know whether OBJ’s ankle is truly 100%?
Is OBJ a ticking time bomb for a drug suspension, and how, exactly, does that help this O?
Just to illustrate one possible negative impact of not having our 1st in ‘19 due to the trade, it’s reported that the ‘19 LOT class might be loaded and we might be desperately needing a top LOT to eventually replace Whit (maybe immediately). Wouldn’t it be a crying shame to see the Giants using our former 1st when a great LOT would have been sitting there for us? There we are, looking at a great LOT class and no pick until the 3rd round? Arrrrrgh!
And that’s just ONE possible negative scenario.
Look, we will win this year either with or without OBJ, so why go out on the limb? Keep the picks and keep the cap dollars in-house to be spent more wisely long term on our own upcoming UFA’s.
