01-14-2016, 02:14 AM
(01-14-2016, 01:35 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Hue overpaid for Carson by a mile, but they were one Bears RB running out of bounds when he didn't have to away from hosting the Ravens in a playoff game in 2011. After that the Raiders canned Hue (who got decent performances out of Campbell, Boller, rusty Palmer, a backup RB, and WRs no one heard of) and hired a crap HC who brought a crap OC. Sure, they gave up a 1st and 2nd for Palmer, but he played a season and a half, and once Carson left they used 3 QBs and spent about 15 million bucks to start a single game, lose it, and throw 0 TDs.
So....Hue trades a 1 and 2 for Palmer while he is replaced finally by Carr after the Raiders spend a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and a 2nd.
I know I'm in the minority on this (heck, maybe I'm alone on this), but I don't think he did. At least not by as much as people think. The problem when people judge that trade is that they view it as a flop because Carson didn't lead them to the playoffs that year. Thing is, I'm sure Hue didn't push that trade with 1 year in mind. Who knows how things would've turned out had Oakland kept Hue and Carson? For that reason, I don't think Hue was an idiot to offer what he did. Look at Carson now.
How much is 7+ years of stability at the QB position worth? I'd say a lot. That's probably what Hue envisioned when he made that trade. That post-season press conference is what made the trade look so bad in hindsight, because it basically punched Hue and (eventually) Carson's tickets out of town.
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