Trade Idea involving Jets

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(04-11-2019, 09:11 AM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Can someone help me understand why the Jets would do this trade? I'm still having a hard time figuring that out. Odell fetched a first, third and Peppers. Cooper got a first, but he's 24 years old. I think Amari is the closest example of what we can use as a gauge. But he also doesn't have a string of injuries, and, of course, is 6 years younger than AJ while also making 1.2 mil less. So I think we can safely say that AJ would probably not fetch a first round pick from most teams. Now add us receiving Lee and Moving up 8 spots in the draft order to the top 3? Just seems like highway robbery for the Bengals.

From the other thread:

They are in desperate need of a WR.  AJ is a proven commodity, and a WR selected at #17 is a crapshoot.  They are already paying CJ Moseley a ton of money at their LB spot so it makes Lee expendable.  AJ is absolutely worth the #17 pick by the number system.



You can argue that Haskins isn't the QB that you would want but he is absolutely a higher rated QB coming out of college than Trubisky, who also had just one year of starter experience, and was drafted #2 overall.  

The Jets think they have their QB now, and have made some good moves on defense.  They need a WR to draw coverage and help give them more of an outside threat.  I am not saying they would....I floated this idea to gauge interest on here and I believe the Bengals would have a better chance of winning a championship with Haskins, Lee, and an additional $25 million in cap space than they will paying Dalton and Green a combined $50 million.  I love Dalton and Green, but if I look at things objectively and like a business, I would reach out to the Jets to gauge interest.