The Hypothetical Trade AJ Draft

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(04-12-2019, 09:44 AM)Whatever Wrote: It's '19, not '08.  This is like proposing trading Mixon for multiple 1st's plus other picks and bringing up the Herschel Walker trade when people say it won't happen.  Antonio Brown just netted a 3rd and 5th.  Demaryous Thomas netted a 4th.  Nobody is giving up the equivalent of a mid 1st, a second, and a player in the current environment for AJ when you look at what similar players have been moved for within the last year.

Well, it's from back in January before people really started going over them with a fine tooth comb, but at least it's something.

And here is what the Giants got in return for OBJ: 



The Giants are sending Beckham, their talented, but often controversial receiver, to the Browns in exchange for safety Jabrill Peppers, plus the Browns’ first-round pick (No. 17 overall) and the second of their two third-round picks (No. 96).



Someone pointed out earlier that the difference between pick #3 and pick #11 by the points is roughly equivalent to the #17 overall pick.  So, in my scenario, the Bengals trade AJ for Derron Lee, the Bengals and Jets swap first rounders, and the Bengals get a conditional pick in 2020 that could be as high as a 2nd rounder and as low as a 4th.  To summarize, the Bengals would essentially be sending AJ to the Jets for the #17 overall pick and Derron Lee, who the Jets are looking to move since they spent big bucks on Mosely.  The Bengals would also receive a conditional 2020 pick.  I don't think that is asking too much for a proven player like AJ Green, and it would allow the Bengals to draft Haskins at #3 overall.  



The big win here for the Bengals is the cap space savings in a couple years not having Green and Dalton's contract on their books....and maybe they could trade Dalton after one year of Haskins backing him up or hold on to him and let him leave and get a compensatory 3rd rounder when he signs elsewhere.


I am as big a Dalton fan as any, but I hear so many people talk about his limitations and his ceiling.  Haskins could be a franchise QB for the next decade and with a new coaching staff and lots of cap space, this team could compete in one year.  I am not so sure if we will see different results from our recent past if they sign Dalton and Green.