Originally Posted by RealSNR:
This trade honestly set us back a few years. We’re probably multiple seasons away from a Super Bowl at this point.
Don't know about that, but the huge contracts to Clark, Hitchens, and Mathieu pretty much guarantee that we have to ride the horse we're on for a few seasons. Need to draft better but have zero faith in Veach who has shown little skill in finding defensive players. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RINGLEADER:
Don't know about that, but the huge contracts to Clark, Hitchens, and Mathieu pretty much guarantee that we have to ride the horse we're on for a few seasons. Need to draft better but have zero faith in Veach who has shown little skill in finding defensive players.
They can cut Hitchens after this year with a post-june cut. They have to eat 4 million.
They can cut Clark after next year post-June. They eat 5 million.
Still. That money is obviously screwing us right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by NWTF:
It was a very bad transaction. Veach just didnt overpay for some average/overrated FA talent like random teams do every offseason, he gave up a 1st and a 2nd for the ability to overpay for that average/overrated talent.
When your giving up 1st and 2nd rd draft picks, handing out $105M contracts you usually actually receive some level of an impact player for that type of compensation.
The Cassel trade is still worse due to it being QB>DE and we had 4 years of Cassel's ineptitude compared to only 6 games of Clark's.
The Clark trade may go down as the worse trade in the end, but it's not the end yet so I can't agree that it's even on the same level at this point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by New World Order:
They can cut Hitchens after this year with a post-june cut. They have to eat 4 million.
They can cut Clark after next year post-June. They eat 5 million.
Still. That money is obviously screwing us right now.
Good to know. I can see Hitchens getting launched but not Clark. That's the kind of "bold move" that gets GMs fired (giving away that much draft capital for a bust). [Reply]
