setherick wrote:
jgcruz wrote:
He would likely have been cut anyway. Why trade draft choices when you can bid on him as a free agent?
I wasn't cutting Lance. I had him rotate as my WR3 at the end of last season, and with perfect B&R Avoid and Route, he's the type of player that can play inside or outside without hesitation. The only thing he's missing is Courage. He probably would have been listed as my WR5 with the emergence of Wilson in camp. Otherwise, he'd still be on my roster.
If you didn't cut Lance, then you would probably have cut one of your other receivers who are listed as 5-7th on your depth chart and are about as good as Lance. I surmise this because Lance only got in 6 plays during pre-season and is at 40 conditioning wise. So he didn't figure to play much this season for you anyway barring a lot of injuries.
No matter. I am not necessarily criticizing this trade as much as pointing out that at this juncture it might have been wiser to see who turns up as a free agent than to trade away valuable draft choices - especially to a grizzled veteran such as yourself who will get three shots later to replace with a better player one who would likely be hardly used this season.
