FA QB Movement (Re: Dalton)

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(03-18-2020, 12:01 PM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: DeAndre Hopkins fetched a useless RB and a lot of dead money. He's a top 3 WR in the league. Granted, that's probably the worst trade in the history of the NFL, but I don't think we'd get jack packaging those two contracts together, much less a 1st/2nd. 

True, but Alex Smith got a 1st round pick. Granted that's a different Free Agency year. Andy Dalton is better than Alex Smith, although Alex was coming off a better year than Dalton is this year. Carson was coming off a down year and we got a 1st plus for him.

My point being it's really hard to say what the market is until a trade is made. 

Hopkins got dumped. Houston got hosed on that deal.

I'm just wondering what kind of options we think the Bengals have. Dre alone isn't worth much. Maybe they can package a pick with him for a linebacker on the block? Or straight up he's probably worth a 5th, maybe 4th? Again, just guessing.

It's really hard to say what Dalton is worth though. My guess is Mike has a ridiculously high asking price (at least a 1st round pick), otherwise he probably would have been dealt already. Thinking back to Carson, he stuck to his guns on a high asking price, and eventually got it.

That all being said, I'm wondering how long we'll have to wait until a trade is made. It'd be nice to just trade these two and get something in return (pick(s) or player(s)), so we can turn our attention to building up our LB core, depth, and getting ready for the draft.