11-20-2020, 03:14 PM
(11-20-2020, 02:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Once Dunlap got healthy last year he was one of the most productive DEs in the league over the last half of the season. I don't think any GM would have shipped him off.
If you don't think any GM would have traded a 31 year DE, who was making 11 million dollars, who was currently playing for a team who was 0-8 at the trade deadline (10/31), then you don't know anything about how this league works.
Wanna know how many sacks he had at the trade deadline? He had 1.
Wanna know how many sacks he had after the trade dealine? He had 8.
This "one of the most productive DE's in the league over the last half of the season" you're describing came AFTER the trade deadline. This came after we decided "we can't get rid of this guy:
There's a reason his name was attatched to so many trade discussions, it's because he was the type of player that often gets shopped during the season. Aging vet + big contract + limited production + rebuilding team usually = on the trade market.
The idea that no other GM trades Carlos Dunlap last year is pure insanity.
