Trades in Hindsight

[CarolinaBengalFanGuy]

(03-18-2021, 10:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I was realizing after Oakland traded Gabe Jackson to the Seahawks, that Oakland had now traded away 3 OL.

G, Gabe Jackson (763.7 2020 PFF, 61.8 2019 PFF): Give 2021 5th round pick.
C, Rodney Hudson (73.6 2020 PFF, 71.0 2019 PFF): Give 2021 3rd round pick, get 2021 7th round pick.
T, Trent Brown (68.9 2020 PFF, 69.1 2019 PFF): Give 2022 5th round pick, get 2022 7th round pick.

All 3 plus a 2021 7th and 2022 7th in exchange for just a 2021 3rd, 5th, and 2022 5th.

Gabe Jackson: 2yr/$19.2m
Rodney Hudson: 2yr/$20.75m
Trent Brown: 1yr/$11m

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Why didn't the Bengals get in on this? For very little draft capital and not a ton of cap space they could have protected Burrow for the next two years, which should be enough to develop some guys to replace them.

Sewell/Williams/Hudson/Jackson/Brown

That OL could certainly start for a winning team. Just frustrating. Do they even call around to try and find trades? Or is their tiny Brown/Blackburn-centric FO just incapable of multitasking and hunting down and negotiating good deals?

Come on, at least don't assume we would trade for all three of them. We don't even have 2 fifth round picks do we?