03-23-2020, 12:54 PM
Andy Dalton's value was at it's highest at the trade deadline.
It's simple supply and demand. Coupled with the urgency of in-season contenders, this was your best time to move him. A team desperately trying to get in the playoffs has little to no options at the deadline to snag a competent QB.
Now? You've got 4 guys projected to go in the first round, and a few others right behind them in the 2nd-3rd. You've got a free agency class and trade bait of 7 legitimate starters.
What was a market on 1 or 2 guys in-season who could step in and potentially start is now a market of 12-15 guys who you could make a run at to potentionally start in 2020.
They chose to wait. For whatever reason, they felt keeping Dalton on a 0-10 team after he had already been demoted was the correct play. They chose wrong.
The good news? At we didn't make any teams better at the deadline. Yeah, a 2nd or 3rd would be nice right now. But we stuck to our principles. So that's to be commended.
It's simple supply and demand. Coupled with the urgency of in-season contenders, this was your best time to move him. A team desperately trying to get in the playoffs has little to no options at the deadline to snag a competent QB.
Now? You've got 4 guys projected to go in the first round, and a few others right behind them in the 2nd-3rd. You've got a free agency class and trade bait of 7 legitimate starters.
What was a market on 1 or 2 guys in-season who could step in and potentially start is now a market of 12-15 guys who you could make a run at to potentionally start in 2020.
They chose to wait. For whatever reason, they felt keeping Dalton on a 0-10 team after he had already been demoted was the correct play. They chose wrong.
The good news? At we didn't make any teams better at the deadline. Yeah, a 2nd or 3rd would be nice right now. But we stuck to our principles. So that's to be commended.
